Legal Documents of Bulls Gap

Code of Bulls Gap

Bulls Gap
Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 : Junkyards

13-201 : Junkyards.[2]

All junkyards within the corporate limits shall be operated and maintained subject to the following regulations.

  1. All junk stored or kept in such yards shall be so kept that it will not catch and hold water in which mosquitoes may breed and so that it will not constitute a place, or places in which rats, mice, or other vermin may be harbored, reared, or propagated.
  2. All such junkyards shall be enclosed within close fitting plank or metal solid fences touching the ground on the bottom and being not less than six feet (6') in height, such fence to be built so that it will be impossible for stray cats and/or stray dogs to have access to such junkyards.
  3. Such yards shall be so maintained as to be in a sanitary condition and so as not to be a menace to the public health or safety. (1996 Code, § 13-201)
Footnotes:
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State law reference
The provisions of this section were taken substantially from the Bristol ordinance upheld by the Tennessee Court of Appeals as being a reasonable and valid exercise of the police power in the case of Hagaman v. Slaughter, 49 Tenn. App. 338, 354 S.W.2d 818 (1961).
Date Last Updated: 11/01/2017
Codification Date: 11/01/2017

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Michael Solomon

Vice Mayor - Jimmy Sexton

Aldermen - Betsy Shipley

Aldermen - Gaylon Williams

Aldermen - Susan Williams

Recorder - Lorraine Heck