Legal Documents of Mountain City

Code of Mountain City

Mountain City
Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 : Slum Clearance

13-202 : Definitions.

  1. "Governing body" means the board of mayor and aldermen charged with governing the town.
  2. "Municipality" means the Town of Mountain City, Tennessee, and the areas encompassed within existing town limits or as hereafter annexed.
  3. "Owner" means the holder of title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record.
  4. "Parties in interest" means all individuals, associations, corporations and others who have interests of record in a dwelling and any who are in possession thereof.
  5. "Public authority" means any housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the town or state relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning structures in the town.
  6. "Public officer" means the officer or officers who are authorized by this chapter to exercise the powers prescribed herein and pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 13-21-101, et seq.
  7. "Structures" means any building or structure, or part thereof, used for human occupation and intended to be so used, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith. (1994 Code, § 13-202)