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Code of White Pine
Title 13 Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 Junkyards
Title 13 Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 2 Junkyards
White Pine
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:
- 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.
- 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 (6) feet 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.
- 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. (1978 Code, § 8-111)
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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).
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: 11/07/2023
Codification Date: 04/01/1998
Officials at Date of Last Codification:
Mayor - Fred Taylor
Alderman - Tyler Marshall
Alderman - Josh Sinard
Alderman - Ann Strom
Alderman - Jarrad Stump
Alderman - Whitney Woods
City Recorder - Alyson Susong