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Council advances changes to rental-permit rules and establishes ad hoc affordable housing subcommittee to review inspections
Summary
Council read an ordinance changing rental-permit language to require a designated local emergency contact and adopted a resolution creating a one-year ad hoc Affordable Housing Commission subcommittee to review rental code inspection processes; public commenters urged stronger tenant protections and better coordination with renters.
Athens City Council on Sept. 2 read for the first time an ordinance that would change rental‑permit rules to require owners or property managers to name a designated local emergency contact who lives in the county, and would impose an additional $25 fee per unit for properties owned by persons or businesses whose primary address is 50 miles or more outside the city.
Councilmember Swank introduced Ordinance 94-25, which replaces the earlier term “authorized agent” with “designated local emergency contact” and adds that the contact “must reside within the…
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