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Title 13 : Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 1 : Miscellaneous

13-107 : Overgrown and dirty lots.

  1. Prohibition. Pursuant to the authority granted to municipalities under Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-54-113, it shall be unlawful for any owner of record of real property to create, maintain, or permit to be maintained on such property the growth of trees, vines, grass, underbrush and/or the accumulations of debris, trash, litter, or garbage or any combination of the preceding elements so as to endanger the health, safety, or welfare of other citizens or to encourage the infestation of rats and other harmful animals.
  2. Outside storage of items designed and marketed for indoor use is not permitted. Outside storage on any portion of a yard, outside of an enclosed structure, under a carport or covered patio or other projecting overhang, is a violation. Examples of items that may not be stored outside include, but are not limited to:
    1. Indoor furniture, household appliances, building materials, tools, auto parts, non-waste toys, papers of every description, discarded sand, broken limbs, discarded gravel, ashes, brick bats, tin cans, empty glass containers, trash, garbage, firewood not neatly stacked, lumber, mattresses, yard maintenance items, usable items left in the yard for days at a time, discarded materials of every kind, all of which is left in front, back or side yards, not under roof, for more than seven (7) days; or
    2. Non-waste building material left in front, back or side yards for more than thirty (30) days is a violation. (as replaced by Ord. #912, March 2014, and amended by Ord. #961, April 2018)
Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland
 

Date Last Updated: 08/05/2024
Codification Date: 03/01/2004

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - Doyle F. Lowe
Vice Mayor - Sam Moser
Commissioner - Lamar Hughes
Commissioner - Johanna Jinks
Commissioner - Alan Richeson
Commissioner - James A. Stutts
Recorder - Sonya Crush
City Attorney - John Cleveland