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Athens commissioners adopt right-of-way ordinance updates, emphasize exceptions and outreach to homeless service providers
Summary
The commission approved amendments to right-of-way code addressing obstructing sidewalks/streets, service-category definitions and abandoned personal property. Commissioners stressed the ordinances include warnings and exemptions and said the intent is not to criminalize homelessness; they directed staff to work with homeless service providers and police on implementation.
Athens-Clarke County commissioners on Jan. 6 adopted a set of ordinances revising code provisions related to use of public rights-of-way, obstruction of sidewalks and streets, and abandonment of personal property.
Attorney Drake read three separate ordinances tied to the agenda item; commissioners on the ad hoc right-of-way committee and other board members emphasized the stated goal is to balance public…
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