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Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 4 : Junked Vehicles

13-404 : Enforcement.

  1. Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 7-63-101, the building official/zoning compliance officer is authorized to issue ordinance summons for violations of this chapter on private property. The building inspector shall upon the complaint of any citizen, or acting on his own information, investigate complaints of junked vehicles on private property. If after such investigation the building inspector finds a junked vehicle on private property, he shall issue an ordinance summons. The ordinance summons shall be served upon the owner or owners of the property, or upon the person or persons apparently in lawful possession of the property, and shall give notice to the same to appear and answer the charges against him or them. If the offender refuses to sign the agreement to appear, the building inspector may:


    1. Request the city judge to issue a summons; or
    2. Request a police officer to witness the violation. The police officer who witnesses the violation may issue the offender a citation in lieu of arrest as authorized by Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 7-63-101, et seq., or if the offender refuses to sign the citation, may arrest the offender for failure to sign the citation in lieu of arrest.
  2. Failure to comply with an order to correct violation. If the owner or owners of the premises fail or refuse to comply with the order issued by the code enforcement officer; the code enforcement officer, within the time period specified by the letter of notification, as provided herein, such failure or refusal shall be deemed a violation of the provisions of this chapter and said owner or owners shall be subject to the penalties herein provided.
  3. Payment of costs for corrective action. Upon completion of the corrective action carried out by the City of Baxter as authorized herein, the actual costs of such action, plus a fee of fifteen percent (15%) for administrative costs, shall be due from the owner or owners of said property to the City of Baxter and said costs shall be billed to the owner or owners of said property. If said bill is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after the date of mailing, a ten percent (10%) penalty shall be added and said costs and penalties shall be placed on the tax rolls of the City of Baxter as a lien upon said property and collected in the same manner as other city taxes are collected. (2011 Code, § 13-404)