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Abandonment by the City of Certain Service Drives
Abolishing City Juvenile Court
Abolishing the City School System
Abolishing the Insolvency Board
Acceptance of Gifts
Accepting Payment of Utility Bills in Pennies
Accepting Streets in a Subdivision
Accepting the High Bid
Accepting the Second Lowest Bid on a Construction Project
Acquiring a Utility District
Acquiring Insurance for the City
Addition of Documents to the Minutes of the Commission
Addition to the Model Charter for Interference with the Duties of the City Manager
Administrative Powers of the Mayor
Adoption of Policies and Procedures to Remove a Member -- from the Board of Zoning Appeals
Advertising on Police Cars
Advisory Committees and the Open Meetings Law
Age Limit on Mobile Homes
Alcoholic Beverages Sold Near Residential Property
Alderman's Use of Appointing Power
Alderman Appointed Commissioners over Departments of the City
Alderman Operating a Municipal Vehicle as a Police Car and Stopping Citizens
Alderman Salaries : Mandatory vs. Optional
Alderman Voting for Himself as Mayor
Aldermen Decline to Accept Salary and Then Demand Payment of Salary
Amending an Annexation Ordinance Between Second and Third Readings to Add Territory to the Ordinance
Amortization of Signs
Analysis of Floodplain Zoning Ordinance
Analysis of the Lien Provisions of TCA
Analysis of the Term Citizen
Annexation Notice
Annexation Outside the Urban Growth Boundary
Annexation Questions Pertaining to Notice Provisions Related to School Systems and Recording Minutes
Annexing and Zoning Property in the Same Ordinance
Annexing Territory Without Providing Sewer Service
Annual Publication of Notice under the Open Meetings Law
Appeals from Decisions of the City's Board of Zoning Appeals
Application for a Use on Review for the Siting of a Cellular Tower
Application of the Preexisting Nonconforming Use Law on Certain Property
Applying City Zoning and Building Code Regulations to County Buildings
Applying Tennessee's Preexisting Nonconforming Use Law to Fireworks Establishments
Applying the Open Space Requirements in the City's Zoning Ordinance to Abutting Land in the County Zoned Residential
Appointing a City Administrator
Appointing the Director of the Regional Planning Commission
Appointive City Offices
Appointment of Temporary Judge
Appointment of the Mayor to the Office of City Administrator
Appointments to the Water and Sewer Board
At Will Employees
Attempting to Block the School System from Building Ball Fields on the Theory That They Would Be a Nuisance
Authority of an E-911 Board Regarding Towing
Authority of City Official or Commission to Appoint Volunteer Fire Chief
Authority of City to Levy Whatever Tax Rate It Considers Necessary to Fund Municipal Purposes
Authority of City to Prohibit Ticket Sales Along City Streets Leading to Speedway
Authority of City to Prohibit Volunteer Firement From Running Red Lights and Using Sirens
Authority of the City Court to Impose Fines
Authority to Accept and Quit Utility Easements
Authority to Set Water, Sewer and Gas Rates
Awarding of Construction Contract and Competitive Bidding
Bargaining with Unions by Tennessee municipalities
Beer Establishments in Annexed Areas
Beer Permit
Beer Permit for a Grocery Store in a Shopping Center
Beer Permits, Workers Compensation, and Street Damage Caused by Trucks
Beer Regulations
Bids for Fire Truck
Billing for Emergency Services When There Is No Contract
Board of Mayor and Aldermen Has the Power to Correct the Minutes
Board of Zoning Appeals Grants Variances for Mobile Homes That It -- Does Not Have Authority to Grant
Body-Piercing
Bond Resolution Repeal
Booking Persons Charged with Crimes Before They Are Released
Bringing Swimming Pool and Swimming Pool Restrooms into Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Brown-Bagging Regulations
Building Inspector and Building Permits
Building Inspectors and Building Codes
Building Permit Issued by Mistake
Burying Bodies in the Backyard
Calculating Call Waiting Bonuses and Premiums for Overtime Compensation Purposes
Can a Municipality Require Double Wides in Residential Areas to Have a Foundation?
Can Cities Surrender Their Zoning Powers by Interlocal Agreement?
Can the City Either Prohibit or Regulate Blasting by a Certain Rock Quarry?
Can the City Enact Term Limits on Aldermen by Ordinance?
Can the City Make Driving While Using a Cell Phone a Municipal Offense, Where the Use of a Cell Phone While Driving is Not Otherwise a State Driving Offense?
Can the County Sheriff Increase the Cost of Housing Prisoners Arrested by the City?
Can the Mayor Veto the Appointment of an Alderman by the Board?
Can the State Pass General Laws in Conflict with a Home Rule Charter?
Central Business Improvement District (CBID)
Chancery Court Judge
Changing a City's Election Date From October Back to September
Changing an Employee's Employment Status
Changing the Agenda of a Special Meeting During the Meeting
Changing the City's Personnel Policy to At Will Employment
Changing the Number of Members on the Board of the County Solid Waste Authority
Charging Court Costs and Litigation Tax for Seat Belt Violations
Charging Non-Users a Garbage Collection Fee and Requiring Garbage Collection Recipients to Use Only the City Garbage Collection Service
Charging the Inside Tax Rate with Respect to Property in One City in the County and the Outside Rate with Respect to Property in Another City in the County
Charter Provision Requires Mayor to Sign Warrants But Is Silent as to Checks
Chief of Police Insists He Is Entitled to a Leave of Absence to Run for Office
City's Authority to Pay for Advertising of Businesses Within -- the City
City's Elderly Housing Board
City's Gas System Contributing Revenues for the Repair of the City’s Streets
City's Payment of a Fine Against a City Employee
City's Right to Annex in Its Urban Growth Boundary
City's Sewer Commission
City's Share of the State Beer Tax
City's Solicitation Ordinance
City as a Landlord Pending the Termination of Leases
City Assumes Operation of the Presently Quasi-Independent Utility Board
City Attorney Representing Person from Whom City Police Seized Motor Vehicle
City Can Require the County to Obtain Permits for Sewer Extensions and Can Charge the County for Such Permits
City Charter Signatures
City Commissioner or City Recorder Serving as Volunteer Firefighter
City Commissioner / Bail Bondsman
City Contract with Unlicensed Contractor
City Council Appointing One of Its Members Acting City Administrator
City Council Control over Appropriations to, and Expenditures of, the County Chamber of Commerce
City Council Rules of Procedure
City Council to Make Promotions of Police Officers from the Civil Service Eligibility List
City Councilman Working for the City Power Board to be the Union Steward Who Negotiates for the Union Against the Utility
City Councilmember Conflict of Interest
City Court Clerk
City Financed Scholarship Program for City Residents
City Issues a Building Permit for a Project Which Causes a Drainage Problem
City Judge Issuing State Warrant and Admissibility of Video Tape in DUI case
City Judge Signing a Search Warrant in a State Case
City Judges' Terms of Office
City Manager's Authority Over Personnel Administration
City Manager Employment Agreements and Severance Pay
City Manager Serving as Ex Officio Member of the City’s Utility Board
City May Purchase Insurance from the Municipal Liability Pool
City Noise Ordinance
City Recorders Serving as Court Clerks
City School Board Wishes to Establish a Scholarship Fund Exclusively for Minority High School Students
City Treasurer Duties and Compensation
City Wishes to Prohibit Double Wide Mobile Homes
Civil and Criminal Liability under TOSHA
Classifying Employees in Labor and Management Categories
Closed Meetings with City Attorney
Code Enforcement Officers
Code Enforcement on Buildings Partially Within City
Collecting Back Property Taxes Due to Clerical Error
Collection of Costs Related to Solid Waste
Collection of Fines and Costs While Decision is on Appeal
Collection of Municipal Court Costs
Commissioners Take Oath of Office from Person Not Qualified to Issue Oaths
Compensation and Health Insurance for City Boards and Commissions
Compensation of Police Officers
Compensation of the City Recorder
Competitive Bids on Utility Contracts
Conditions for the Return of a Biting Dog to Owner
Conditions of the Deed Abandoning the Street
Conditions Under Which the City Can Give Local Preference on Bids
Confiscated Firearms
Conflict of Interest for an Employee of the City’s Utility System to Run For and Hold the Office of Alderman
Conflict of Interest Provision in City Charter
Conflict of Interest Where Mayor Is an Employee of a Private Organization That Is Funded 100% by City Money
Conflicting Charter Provisions Governing Park Board Appointment
Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of Interest in Tennessee
Conflicts of Interest Law
Constitutionality of Changes to Home Rule City Charters
Construction and Garage Sales on Sundays
Construction without a Building Permit
Contract between City and Alderman
Contract Between City and County for the County to do the City's Street Maintenance
Contract Between the City School Board and the Director of Schools
Contract for the County to Maintain the City's Streets in Exchange for Payment
Contract Law
Contract to Contribute to the National Guard Armory
Contractors Licensing Law and Its Application
Contractors Licensing Law and Its Application
Contracts
Conveyance of a Portion of the City Building to the Utility Department
Copyright Law and 'On Hold' Music
Could Rezoning be Considered Spot Zoning?
Counting Abstentions on Measures Voted on by the City Council
Counting Meal Time for Firefighters Towards Overtime Pay
County Assessing the City for E911 Support
County Beer Permits
County Regulation of Solid Waste Collecting in the City
County Taxes Have Priority Where There is a Deficiency in a Tax Sale
County Taxing Rental Property Owned by the Utility District
County Zoning Ordinances
Court Order--Minority Voting Rights
Creation of An Additional Municipal Court Judge
Creation of “Special Relationships” between a Citizen and Police Officers
Customer's Right to Water Service Can Vary from State to State
Cutting Off Utilities at Condemned Property
Cutting Off Water to Customers for Nonpayment of Sewer Bills
Damages Police Do to Buildings in the Process of Searches in Exigent Circumstances
Dedication and Acceptance of Sidewalks
Deferring Property Taxes
Defining School for the Purpose of Setting Speed Limits in School Zones
Delinquent Property Taxes
Demand by a Former Police Officer for Payment for Unused Vacation and Sick Leave
Demolition Bond in a Historic District
Demolition of Dilapidated and Unsafe Buildings
Denying a Business License to a Person Whose Business Establishment is in Violation of the City's Zoning Ordinance
Department Heads Are At Will Employees Under City Charter
Design-Build Contracts
Determining That There is a Vacancy in the Office of Alderman
Determining Which Aldermen are Elected to Two-Year, and Which to Four-Year, Terms of Office
Differential Tax Rates and Questions from the Charter Commission
Differential Tax Rates in the City, Reflecting Different Levels of Municipal Services
Disclosing Medical Information to Emergency Service Providers
Disposal of Drugs, Firearms, Automobiles, and Miscellaneous Property
Disposition of Unclaimed, Lost, or Abandoned Personal Property in Possession of Police Department
Dissolution of Airport Authority
Distribution of Authority Between the City Administrator and the City Recorder-Treasurer
Distribution of Authority Over City School System
Distribution of Handbills and Advertising
Does the City Have to Operate a City Court?
Does the Mayor Have the Right to Vote?
Does the Tennessee Open Records Law Require a City to Mail Any Record to a Newspaper?
Drainage Problems of Private Property Owners
Duties of Police Officers in School Zones
E-911 Boards
E-mail and Open Records Law
Effect of the Mayor's Veto
Election of Aldermen from Wards
Election of Court Clerk
Election of Municipal Court Clerk
Election of Municipal Judges with Concurrent General Sessions Jurisdiction
Eleventh Amendment Immunity
Emergency Purchasing Provisions
Enforcing City Water Conservation Measures
Enforcing Compliance with Posted Street Numbering
Enforcing Stormwater and Pretreatment Ordinances through the Administrative Process, Including the Use of Civil Penalties
Entitlement of the City to In Lieu Of Taxes from an Electric System
Establishing a Parks and Recreation Board
Establishment and Operation of a Public Library
Establishment May Sell Guns and Off-Premises Beer
Establishment of a City Environmental Court
Exempting Property from Taxation
Exotic Animals Law
Expiration of Building Permits
Extending the Term of Municipal Officers to Effect Changes in Election Dates or to Accomplish Staggered Terms
Extraterritorial Arrests
Failure of the Local Government to Substantially Comply with the Public Hearing Notice
Family Medical Leave Act
Filling Two Vacancies in the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Filling Vacancies in the City's School Board
FLSA Claims
Form of Petition for Liquor Sales
Four Questions on Deannexation
Four Questions on the Open Meetings Law
Function and Duties of a Home Rule Charter Commission
Gas Pipeline Company Wishes to Bore Under City Streets
General Sessions Judge Serving as the City Judge for Additional Compensation
Giving a Property Owner Adequate Legal Notice That He Owed Delinquent Property Taxes
Giving or Selling City Property to a Private Cemetery Association
Golf Carts and ATVs on City Streets
Gratuitous Payment for Increased Price of Gasoline Under Garbage Collection Contract
Grease Traps in Restaurants
Grievance Hearings and Rights of At Will Employees
Guidelines Governing Municipal Truck Regulations
Handicapped Parking at City Parking Meters
Home Rule Cities Cannot Impose Taxes Except by General Law
Hotel-Motel Tax
Hotel-Motel Tax Cap
Hotel/Motel Tax from the Residents of Motels Who Rent Their Motel Rooms by the Week or Other Period
How is residency of a voter or of an officeholder determined?
Imposing Fines for Pretreatment Violations
Imposing Property Maintenance Regulations Through a Zoning Ordinance
Imposing Special Assessments on Property Owners to Help Fund Parks and Fire Department Improvements
In Lieu of Tax from the City Hospital
In the Case of a Tie Vote to Fill the Vacant Office of a City Council Member, How is the Fifteen Days Provided for in the Charter Calculated?
In the Sales Tax Referendum Proposed for the City, Residents of Only the Portion of the City Lying in the County Are Entitled to Vote
Incompatible Offices
Incompetency as a Ground for Dismissal Without the Support of a Job Description
Increasing the 10% Voter Petition Threshold
Increasing the Salary of the City Judge
Industrial Park Deed Restrictions
Initiative and Referendum Provision in a Home Rule Charter
Inspecting a Private Club That Has a Beer License
Insurance for Officers and Employees
Interest Earned on Utility Deposit
Is a 'No U-Turn' Sign a Prerequisite to a 'No U-Turn' Prohibition or Ordinance?
Is a Certain Contract City Administrator an Employee or an Independent Contractor?
Is a Recall Election a General Election?
Is Taking the Oath of Office Mandatory?
Issuing a Beer Permit to an Illegal Alien
Issuing a Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear
Job Protection for City's Employees
Jurisdiction of Juvenile Court Judge and Skateboarding as a Traffic Violation
Jury Trials
Juvenile Curfew
Keeping the Proceeds of Utility Overbillings
Keeping Two Horses on Property
Land Swap between the City and Owner of Private Property
Landowner's Liability under Tennessee's Natural Flow Rule
Laws Applying to Municipal-Sponsored Festivals and Fairs
Laying a Motion on the Table While a Vote Is Being Taken
Leasing of Municipal Cemeteries
Legal Effect of a Cut-Off Policy That Does Not Meet Legal Muster on the City Where the Utility District Collects the City's Sewer Bills
Legal Effect of Warning Signs
Legal Effect on the City for an Illegally Issued Building or Zoning Permit
Legal Fees and Court Costs of a City Employee
Legal Requirement for an Architect to Design Public Buildings
Legal Services Employment Agreement
Legality of a Business Owner to Put Iron Rods on the Edge of a Highway
Legality of a Combination Design-Build Contract
Legality of a Contract
Legality of a Contract of Employment Entered into by the Utility Department
Legality of a Municipality Enacting a Container Ordinance
Legality of Annexing a Piece of Property by Referendum
Legality of City-County Sales Tax Allocation Agreement
Legality of City Contracting with Utility District Water System to Collect City's Sewer Charges
Legality of City in Accepting a Certain "Street"
Legality of Crosses on the Property of a Church Where Each Cross Represents Abortions in the United States
Legality of Donut Hole Annexations
Legality of Freeholder Requirements for Running for Municipal Office
Legality of Open-Ended Sales Tax Sharing Agreement with County
Legality of Ordinance Permitting the Carrying of the Army or Navy Pistol in the Open Hand
Legality of Ordinance Requiring Each Business within a Town to Obtain a Privilege License
Legality of Requiring Police Officer Candidates to Move into the City If They Are Hired
Legality of the County Charging a Tipping Fee
Legality of Utility Service Contract Between State and City
Length of Term of Members of the Utility Board Who Are Also Members of the City Council
Levying a Hotel-Motel Tax
Levying an Amusement Tax
Levying Taxes to Fund the Operation of City Schools and the Methods of School Consolidation
Liability and Ownership of Sidewalks
Liability for Sewer Back-Ups
Liability of City Council for Mispaid Salaries
Liability of City for Damages under the Tennessee Governmental Tort Liability Act
Liability of City for Water Going Down Driveway at a Certain Residence
Liens for Demolition and Clean Up
Liens for Slum Clearance and Clean Up
Location of a Cemetery
Mail Notice Served on Property Owners
Maintenance and Operation of Street Lighting on Interstate Highways
Making a Prospective Appointment to Fill the Office of City Council Member
Making the Mayor Follow the Agenda
Management of City Parks
Manager of a Bank in Which the City Has a Payroll Account, Checking Account and Several CDs, Serving as Alderman
Mayor's Authority Relative to the Authority of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Mayor's Compensation and COLA
Mayor's Replacement of Planning Commission
Mayor's Right to Make Motions and Speak on Matters before the City Council
Mayor's Right to Vote or Make Motions
Mayor's Salary and COLA
Mayor’s Salary and Compensation Are Not the Same Thing
Mayor's Voting in Planning Commission Meetings
Mayor Wishes to Appoint One of the Aldermen to the Planning Commission When the Mayor and One of the Aldermen Are Already Members of the Planning Commission
McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act
Meaning of a Full Board
Measuring Methods Used in Beer Distance Regulations
Membership of the Planning Commission and Whether the Offices of the City Attorney and City Administrator Are Compatible Offices
Merger of Municipal Utilities
Minimum Space Regulations for Dwellings in Subdivisions
Minority Set-Aside Program
Minority Set-Asides
Misuse of City Equipment in Political Campaigns
Mobile Homes as Preexisting Nonconforming Uses
Model Stormwater Ordinance 2011: Written for the 2010 Small MS4 Permit and Construction General Permit Reissuance
Moral Turpitude
Moving a Building to Another Piece of Property
Municipal Court Costs
Municipal Gas System Tax Equivalent Law of 1987
Municipal Officers, Municipal Employees, Ministerial Officers, and General Supervision
Municipal Regulations Governing Blasting
Municipal Work on Private Property
Municipality May Have to Return Money Paid By a User Who Was Billed for Sewer Service When No Sewer Service Was Provided or Available
MUTCD and Engineering Study for Traffic Light
Negotiating Price with the Low Bidder When There Is Only One Bid on a Municipal Purchase
New City Council Reverses Vote of Old Council on Beer Permit
NFPA Rules Governing Exits from Existing Business Occupancies
Non-Resident of a Town Holding the Office of Alderman
Notice of a Special Meeting
Number of Votes Required to Adopt Private Acts That Are Local in Effect
Obligation to Stabilize Riverbank and Street
Obtaining Utility Payments from a Bankrupt Mobile Home Court
One-Way Street in Front of School
Open Meetings Law and Discussions Among the Board
Opening Mail by Municipal Offices and Officers
Ordinance and Certificate of Compliance for Selling Package Liquor
Ordinance Publication Requirement
Ordinances to Increases the Number of Aldermen and to Change the Election Date
Outside Utility Rate Discrimination
Overriding the Decision of the Beer Board to Grant a Beer Permit
Overtime Compensation for E-911 Dispatchers
Overtime Compensation for Police Chief under FLSA
Overtime Compensation for Training Time for Police Officers
Overturning the Decision of the City Manager in Demoting the Police Chief
Ownership of Water Line and Obligation of City to Provide Water Service When the Water Line Is Too Small
Package Liquor v. Liquor by the Drink
Participation of the Volunteer Fire Department in a Fund Raising Project
Passing Regulations on Structures and Excavations in Street Rights-of-Way
Passing Weight Limits on City Streets
Paving Eight Streets under a Bid for the Reconstruction of Another Street
Paying City Commission Members for Serving on Beer Board
Paying Interest on Contractor’s Performance Bonds Deposited in Cash and Taking up Business Not Contained in the City Council Agenda
Paying Members of the City Governing Body Salary in Lieu of Health Insurance
Payment in Lieu of Insurance Coverage
Payment in Lieu of Taxes
Payment of In Lieu of Taxes by a Municipal Water System
Penalty and Interest on Property Taxes in Bankruptcy -- Proceedings
Period of Redemption for Property Sold for Delinquent Taxes
Permanent Utility Easement and Temporary Construction Easement
Person Has Challenged the Authority of the City to Cut Off His Water for Nonpayment
Personnel Authority of City Judges
Personnel Powers of City Manager v. Council
Plan of Service Provisions of Chapter 1101 Applied to a 1961 Annexation
Planning and Zoning under Chapter 1101
Police Opening Locked Car Doors for Motorists
Policy Governing the Wearing of Tennis Shoes on the City's Track
Policy Regarding the Right of the Police Department to Search the Lockers It Owns and Furnishes for Patrol Officers
Political Sign Provisions in Sign Ordinance
Pool Room Regulations
Potential Conflict of Interest Between City Officials and Chamber of Commerce
Potential Conflict of Interest with a City Council Member and a State Grant That Would Help Improve His Property
Power of Subpoena
Powers of a Mayor Who Has the Power of General Supervision
Powers of the Mayor
Pre-Existing Nonconforming Use Law Applied to Residential Mobile Homes
Preexisting Nonconforming Uses
Premiere Type Tourist Resorts
Preventing Encroachment on the City Right of Way
Principal Methods for Cities to Promote Private Business
Priority of Liens on Property That Is Foreclosed for Debt and/or Sold for Taxes
Prohibiting a Police Officer from Moonlighting as a Security Guard
Prohibiting by Ordinance the Broadcasting of Meetings of the City’s Governing Body
Prohibiting the Practice of Hypnotism
Prohibiting Three Axle Vehicles on a Certain City Street
Property Annexed Before and During Construction
Property Maintenance Liens and Extinguishment of Liens
Property Rights in Employment
Property Tax Exemption For Medical Arts Buildings
Property Tax on Mobile Homes
Proposed Adoption of a Sales Tax Increase
Proposed Handbill Ordinance
Proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a Mobile Home Park
Proposed Rezoning of Certain Property
Proposed Sales Tax Referendum Earmarking the Proposed Increase for Economic Development
Protection of Single-Wide Mobile Homes as a Pre-Existing Nonconforming Use
Providing City Water Service Inside a Utility District's Service Area
Providing for a Referendum on Property Tax Increases
Providing Health Insurance to the City Attorney
Provision of Insurance to Municipal Officers and Employees
Proxy Voting by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
Purchasing Law and Sales Tax Liability
Questions About Amending a Proposed Ordinance Between Readings and the Secretary of the Planning Commission
Questions Arising When No City Manager Is Currently Serving
Questions on Beer Permits and Brown-Bagging
Questions on Capital Outlay Notes
Questions on Property Sold for Delinquent Taxes
Questions Related to Overtime Compensation
Questions Related to the Relationship between the Housing Code and the Slum Clearance Ordinance
Quorum Issues
Quorum with Mayor
Quorum, Tie Votes, and Roberts Rules
Ratifying Additional Salaries Illegally Paid to City Council Members in Lieu of Insurance
Real Estate Signs in an Historical District
Reappointing the City Recorder
Reapportionment
Reasonable Court Costs
Reasonable Use of Water from a Stream
Recording Abstentions in the Minutes of Meetings
Recovering the Cost of Emergency Fire Calls
Recovery of Utility Extension Costs Front-Ended by Developers
Reducing Potential Conflicts of Interest in the City Charter and Adding Charter Provisions Related to Civil Rights
Reduction of Health Benefits by the Utility Board
Referenda on Bond Issues
Referendum on Alternative Utility Services
Referendum on Annexation for One Voter
Referendum on Sales Tax
Refunding Erroneously Paid Taxes
Refusal of an Employee to Work Overtime
Refuse Fees Based on Considerations Other Than the Cost of Providing the Service
Regulating Day Trucks on City Streets
Regulating Hunting in the City by Private Act
Regulating Mailboxes in Rights-of-Way
Regulating Parking Through a Zoning Ordinance
Regulating the Exterior Appearance of Mobile Homes
Regulation of Cemeteries
Reimbursing a Property Owner Who Has "Piped" and Covered the Natural Drainage Easement
Rejecting Any And All Bids
Relative Personnel Powers of the Electric Power Board and the Water, Sewer, and Gas Board
Relative Powers of the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen in Personnel Matters
Relative Powers of the Utilities Board
Removal of Members of Limited Purpose Appointed Boards and Commissions for the Purpose of Promoting Racial Balance
Removal of the City Attorney
Removing an Alderman from the Office of Housing Authority Commissioner
Removing Police and Fire Chiefs from the Classified Service
Reorganization of Electric System
Replacing the Mayor
Request for the City to Compute Paid Vacation Days for Overtime Pay Purposes
Requirement of an Annexation Study
Requiring a Certain Salvage Yard to Conform to the City's Zoning Ordinance
Requiring a Preexisting Nonconforming Use to Build a Fence around City Property
Requiring an Applicant for a Retail Liquor Permit to Pay TBI the Investigation Fee
Requiring Developers to Construct Sidewalks in Developments in the County
Requiring Developers to Pay the City's Sewer Connection Charges
Requiring New Construction to Contain Sprinkler Systems
Requiring Property Owners to Build or Repair Sidewalks
Requiring the City Administrator and the Chief of Police to Punch a Time Clock
Requiring the User of Streets to Obtain a Bond to Cover Damages to the Streets
Rescinding an Appointment to the Utility Board
Residency Requirement for an Alderman Whose Residence Sits Astride a Property Line
Residency Requirement for City Judge
Residency Requirement for Mayor and Aldermen
Residency Requirements and Resigning to Run for Office
Residency Requirements for Aldermen
Residency Requirements for City Officers and Employees
Residency Requirements for the Mayor
Residency Requirements for Utility Board Members
Resignation of Alderman
Responsibility for Correcting the Sinking Pavement along a Sewer Line
Restricting Bid Specifications to Name Brand Items
Restricting Parking on City Streets to Customers of Businesses
Retail Liquor Licenses Certificate of Compliance Determined by Lottery or Drawing
Return to Work of Police Officer Who Has Been in a Detoxification Program
Returning a Share of the Sales Tax to the City
Review of Proposed City Industrial Development Incentives
Right of a City to Demote or Dismiss a Police Chief
Right of a City to Sue a Carrier for Damages to City Streets
Right of Cities to Monopolize Garbage Services
Right of City Attorney to be Sessions Judge
Right of City Council to Appoint and Terminate the City Judge
Right of City to Enter into Gas Leases on City Property
Right of City to Excavate Ditch Adjacent to City Street
Right of Mayor to Veto Appointment by City Council of Person to Fill Vacancy in City Council
Right of Municipalities to Require Hook-Ups to the City Sewer System and/or Be Charged a Sewer Availability Fee
Rights and Powers of a County Library Board Member
Rights of Municipal Department Heads, Their Appointment and Removal
Salary and Compensation for Mayor and Aldermen
Salary Increase for the Mayor During His Present Term of Office
Sale of Beer by Municipalities
Sale of Beer Within the City
Sale of Both Confiscated Drug Vehicles and Impounded Vehicles
Sale of Food at Special Events
Sales Tax Distribution Contract
School Funding Authority of School Board and City Council
Searching Patrons and Baggage for Weapons as a Condition of Entry to the City's Swimming Pool
Securing the Closing of a Street
Selecting a Police Officer in a Closed Meeting Held Without Public Notice
Selling the Right of Way to a Street
Selling Underground Gas Infrastructure
Serving City Warrants Outside the City for Municipal Ordinance Violations Committed Within the City
Serving on City Council and School Board
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Setting a City'sTax Rate Before Adopting Budget
Setting Differential Tax Rates Favoring Greenbelt Property
Setting Residency Requirements for Beer or Alcoholic Beverage Permits
Severance Package Contract with a City Manager
Severance Taxes
Sewer Charge Based on Water Consumption
Sewer Tap Fees
Sewer Tap Fees and Sewer Extensions
Sign Control
Sign Ordinance and Pay Increase for City's Governing Body
Sign Regulation of Banners and Balloons
Sign Regulation of Church and School Signs
Signs Advertising Beer Sales
Slum Clearance and Garbage Rates
Slum Clearance Ordinance
Solicitation Roadblocks
Solid Waste Collection Contract
Special Education for Annexed Students
Special Meetings Requirements for the Ratification of Private Acts
Speed Bumps
Spouse of a City Council Member Employed by the City
Stalling of an Application for Rezoning
Standing of Adjoining Property Owners to Request Rezoning
State Law Regarding the Regulation of the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages by the City
Status of a Letter of Credit
Status of Existing Tiny Towns
Statute of Limitations in Unrecorded Easements
Stormwater Fees, Ordinance Enforcement Options, and Other Special Stormwater Issues
Stormwater Management Program
Subdivision Created by Division of Land Created by Road Construction
Subdivision Issues
Taking Drivers Licenses in Municipal Traffic Ordinance Violation Cases to Insure the Appearance of the Violators in Court
Taking the License of a Person Between the Ages of 18-21 -- for the Purchase of Beer
Taking Water Lines Belonging to a Private Non-Profit Water Company by Eminent Domain
Taxes to Help Finance Convention Center
TDOT Contract Utility Relocation
TDOT Contracts
Temporarily Closing Certain Streets
Temporary Traffic Control Devices under MUTCD
Ten Questions Regarding the Potential Application of Chapter 1101
Tennessee Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Act
Term Limits Applied to Appointments to Certain Boards
Terminating Employees and Rehiring Them at a Lower Wage
Terminating the Utility Board Superintendent
Terms of the City Recorder and the City Judge
Tort Liability at Railroad Crossing Improvements
Transient Merchants
TWA and Local Zoning of Cell Towers
Unconstitutional Since 1953 to Incorporate Municipalities by Private Act
Updating Personnel Safety and Health Issues in the Municipal Code
Use of Beer License By a Person Other Than the License Holder
Use of Funds from Increased Garbage Collection Fees
Use of Profits from Vending Machines in Municipal Buildings
Use of the City Drug Fund
Using a Sales Tax Rebate as an Incentive for Retail Stores to Locate in the City
Using a Utility Service Applicant's Credit Report to Determine Amount of Utility Deposit
Using City Hall to Solicit Charitable Contributions
Using General Revenues to Help Finance Utility Line Relocation
Using Tax Revenues for Lighting on Interstate that Runs through the City under the Theory That It Promotes Tourism
Using the Accumulated Funds Arising from the City's Share of the Sales Tax for Whatever Municipal Purposes the City Deems Necessary
Utilities Board Agreement With Water Cooperative
Utilities Must Charge "Reasonable Rates"
Utility Billing Issues
Utility Bills
Utility Board Residency Requirement
Utility Board Setting Water and Wastewater Rates
Utility Board Setting Water Rates
Utility Control of Water Meter Size
Utility Deals Involving Discriminatory Rates
Utility District Wants to Run Its Water Line in the Same Easement Granted by the City to a Private Gas Company Through Its City Park
Utility Extensions
Utility Rate Breaks for the Elderly
Venue for Municipal Ordinance Violations and Sheriff Enforcing Municipal -- Ordinances
Vice-Mayor's Elevation to Mayor
Vicious Dogs
Viewing Investigative Records in Open Criminal Cases
Volunteer Fire Services
Volunteer Firemen (and Other Volunteers) Running for Local Office
Voting Base Required for Election of Aldermen
Voting in City Elections by Non-Resident Property Owners
Voting in City Elections by People Who Reside Outside, But Who Own Property Inside the City
Voting in Municipal Elections
Wastewater Contract
Water and Sewer Service Standards Under State Law
Water Line Extension Requires Competitive Bidding
Water Line Upgrade
Water Main Extensions on Private Property
Water Rate Discrimination between Classes of Customers Served by Single Meters
What Happens to a Motion That Has Not Been Seconded
What is the Earliest Date the City Can Terminate the City Manager?
Wheel Tax
When a Covenant Runs with the Land
Which Two Nonresident Property Owners Can Vote on a Single Piece of Property?
Who Is Mayor If the Mayor's Resignation Is Not Accepted?
Who Performs Duties of the Mayor When the Office of the Mayor Is Vacant?
Wrecker Regulations
Zoning and Police Power Regulations Against Transient Vendors
Zoning and Subdivision Regulations Are in Conflict
Zoning for Group Home
Zoning of Tattoo Parlors
Zoning Ordinance and Stormwater Ordinance Regulating Land Use in Floodplains
Zoning Restrictions Applied to Tattoo Parlors
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