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TN Code § 13-20-706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 7 - Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Plans|§ 13-20-706. Tax Increment Financing Provision

  An authority is authorized to adopt a transit-oriented redevelopment plan that contains a tax increment financing provision stipulating that any taxes levied upon property within the boundaries of the transit-oriented redevelopment plan each year by a taxing agency after the effective date of the resolution of the governing body approving the transit-oriented redevelopment plan or amendment, shall be divided as provided in § 9-23-103.    If an authority adopts a transit-oriented redevelopment plan or an amendment to an existing plan that includes tax increment financing provisions, the new plan or the existing plan, as amended, must describe, in addition to the matters required by § 13-20-704(a)(1), the following:  An estimate of the cost of the transit-oriented redevelopment project;   The sources of revenue to finance the costs of the project, including the estimated tax increment;   An estimate of the amount and the final maturity of bonded or other indebtedness to be incurred; and   An estimate of the impact of the tax increment financing provision upon all taxing agencies in which the transit-oriented redevelopment project is to be located.     The information set forth in subdivision (b)(1) shall be made available to the public not less than five (5) days prior to the date set for the public hearing required by § 13-20-704(a)(3).      After the approval by the governing body of a transit-oriented redevelopment plan containing a tax increment financing provision or an amendment to an existing plan adding a tax increment financing provision, the authority shall transmit to the appropriate assessors of property and to each taxing agency to be affected:  A copy of the description of all land within the transit-oriented redevelopment area;   The date or dates of the approval of the transit-oriented redevelopment plan or amendment to the plan;   A copy of the resolution approving the redevelopment plan or approving an amendment to the plan; and   A map or plat indicating the boundaries of the property.     Taxes shall, when collected, be allocated and paid in the manner provided in the transit-oriented redevelopment plan or amendment to the plan.     The following types of property shall have the same tax status as if such leased property were owned by private individuals or corporations:  Any property which the authority financed with tax increments, and leases to private individuals or corporations for development under a transit-oriented redevelopment plan; and   Any property which the authority has financed with tax increments, and has developed under a transit-oriented redevelopment plan and leases to private individuals or corporations.     In the event of any conflict between this section or this part and the Uniformity in Tax Increment Financing Act of 2012, the Uniformity in Tax Increment Financing Act of 2012 shall control.
TN Code § 13-20-707 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 7 - Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Plans|§ 13-20-707. Financial Aid

 An authority may borrow money or accept contributions from the federal government to assist in its undertaking transit-oriented redevelopment projects. An authority may do anything necessary or desirable to secure such financial aid, including obligating itself in any contract with the federal government for annual contributions to convey to the federal government the project to which the contract relates upon the occurrence of a substantial default under the contract, in the same manner as the authority may do to secure such aid in connection with slum clearance and housing projects under this chapter.
TN Code § 13-20-708 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 7 - Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Plans|§ 13-20-708. Bonds or Other Obligations Issued by Housing Authority

 Bonds or other obligations issued by a housing authority in connection with a transit-oriented redevelopment project pursuant to this part shall be security for public deposits and legal investments to the same extent and for the same persons, institutions, associations, corporations, and other bodies and officers as bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to this chapter, in connection with the development of slum clearance or housing projects.
TN Code § 13-20-709 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 20 - Housing Authorities Law|Part 7 - Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Plans|§ 13-20-709. Appeal of Decision Regarding Transit-Oriented Redevelopment Project to Legislative Appeal Board

  A property owner within the area covered by a transit-oriented redevelopment plan may appeal a decision of an authority, or any committee of an authority, regarding a transit-oriented redevelopment project to a legislative appeal board, created under subsection (b).    In any area that is covered by a transit-oriented redevelopment plan, there is created a legislative appeal board that is composed of:  The members of the general assembly, as nonvoting, ex officio members, who represent the districts, in whole or in part, within the area where the transit-oriented redevelopment project is located;   The members of the local legislative bodies, as voting, ex officio members, who represent the districts, in whole or in part, within the area where the transit-oriented redevelopment project is located; and   Two (2) members appointed by the members of the general assembly who are ex officio members of the board.     The terms of the appointed members are coterminous with the terms of the appointing authority's term. The appointed members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.   The members of the legislative appeal board do not receive compensation for their service on the board.   A majority of the members serving on the board constitutes a quorum.     To initiate an appeal under subsection (a), a property owner shall notify the authority and each member of the legislative appeal board of the property owner's intent to appeal by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notification must contain information identifying the transit-oriented redevelopment project and the specific decision of the authority or committee the property owner is appealing.   Upon notification under subsection (c), the authority shall send copies of any documentation regarding the transit-oriented redevelopment project that is germane to the appeal, including a statement of the reasoning behind the decision under appeal, to each member of the legislative appeal board.   The legislative appeal board shall meet at least once each quarter at a location that is convenient to the members, unless there are no appeals filed in that quarter, in which case the legislative appeal board does not have to meet.   Upon convening under subsection (e), the legislative appeal board may overrule any decision of an authority or committee that is the subject of the appeal, and such decision is binding on the authority or committee.
TN Code § 13-21-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-101. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Dwelling” means any building or structure, or part thereof, used and occupied for human occupation or use or intended to be so used, and includes any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;   “Governing body” means the council, commission, or board, or other legislative body, charged with governing a municipality;   “Municipality” means any city or town;   “Owner” means the holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record;   “Parties in interest” means all individuals, associations, corporations and others who have interests of record in a structure and any who are in possession thereof;   “Place of public accommodation” means any building or structure in which goods are supplied or services performed, or in which the trade of the general public is solicited;   “Public authority” means any housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality or state relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning structures in the municipality;   “Public officer” means any officer or officers of a municipality or the executive director or other chief executive officer of any commission or authority established by such municipality or jointly with any other municipality who is authorized by ordinance adopted hereunder to exercise the power prescribed by such ordinances and by this part; and   “Structure” means any dwelling or place of public accommodation or vacant building or structure suitable as a dwelling or place of public accommodation.
TN Code § 13-21-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-104. Conditions Rendering Structure Unfit for Human Occupation or Use

 An ordinance adopted by a municipality under this part shall provide that the public officer may determine that a structure is unfit for human occupation or use if the public officer finds that conditions exist in such structure which are dangerous or injurious to the health, safety or morals of the occupants of such structure, the occupants of neighboring structures or other residents of such municipality. Such conditions may include the following, without limiting the generality of the foregoing: defects therein increasing the hazards of fire, accident, or other calamities; lack of adequate ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities; dilapidation; disrepair; structural defects; or uncleanliness. Such ordinance may provide additional standards to guide the public officer, or the public officer's agents, in determining the fitness of a dwelling for human occupation or use.
TN Code § 13-21-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-105. Service of Complaints or Orders

 Complaints or orders issued by a public officer pursuant to an ordinance adopted under this part shall be served upon persons either personally or by registered mail, but if the whereabouts of such persons are unknown and the same cannot be ascertained by the public officer in the exercise of reasonable diligence, and the public officer shall make an affidavit to that effect, then the serving of such complaint or order upon such persons may be made by publishing the same once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper printed and published in the municipality, or in the absence of such newspaper, in one printed and published in the county and circulating in the municipality in which the structures are located. A copy of such complaint or order shall be posted in a conspicuous place on premises affected by the complaint or order. A copy of such complaint or order shall also be filed for record in the register's office of the county in which the structure is located, and such filing of the complaint or order shall have the same force and effect as other lis pendens notices provided by law.
TN Code § 13-21-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-106. Enjoining Enforcement of Order

  Any person affected by an order issued by the public officer may file a bill in the chancery court for an injunction restraining the public officer from carrying out the order, and the court may, upon the filing of such bill, issue a temporary injunction restraining the public officer pending the final disposition of the cause; provided, that within sixty (60) days after the posting and service of the order of the public officer, such person shall file such bill in the court. Hearings shall be had by the court on such bills within twenty (20) days, or as soon thereafter as possible, and shall be given preference over other matters on the court's calendar.   The court shall hear and determine the issues raised and shall enter such final order or decree as law and justice may require. In all such proceedings, the findings of the public officer as to facts, if supported by evidence, shall be conclusive. Costs shall be in the discretion of the court. The remedies herein provided shall be exclusive remedies, and no person affected by an order of the public officer shall be entitled to recover any damages for action taken pursuant to any order of the public officer, or because of noncompliance by such person with any order of the public officer.
TN Code § 13-21-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-107. Powers Given Public Officer by Ordinance

 An ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality may authorize the public officer to exercise such powers as may be necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this part, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted, to:   Investigate conditions in the municipality in order to determine which structures therein are unfit for human occupation or use;   Administer oaths, affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence;   Enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations; provided, that such entries shall be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession;   Appoint and fix the duties of such officers, agents and employees as the public officer deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the ordinances; and   Delegate any of such public officer's functions and powers under the ordinance to such officers and agents as the public officer may designate.
TN Code § 13-21-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-108. Estimate of Annual Expenses and Costs

 The governing body of any municipality adopting an ordinance under this part shall, as soon as possible thereafter, prepare an estimate of the annual expenses or costs to provide the equipment, personnel and supplies necessary for periodic examinations and investigations of the structures in such municipality, for the purpose of determining the fitness of such structures for human occupation or use, and for the enforcement and administration of its ordinances adopted under this part, and any such municipality is authorized to make such appropriation from its revenues as it may deem necessary for this purpose, and may accept and apply grants or donations to assist it in carrying out such ordinances.
TN Code § 13-21-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-109. Part Confers Supplementary Powers

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of the courts or of any department of any municipality to enforce any provisions of its charter or its ordinances or regulations, nor to prevent or punish violations thereof, and the powers conferred by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
TN Code § 13-21-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 1 - Structures Unfit for Occupation or Use|§ 13-21-110. Violation of Order to Vacate Structure Declared Unfit for Human Occupation — Authorizing or Facilitating Occupancy — Penalty

  Any occupied structure declared unfit for human occupation or use shall be immediately vacated as ordered by the public officer designated or appointed to exercise the powers prescribed by any ordinance adopted pursuant to the authority of this part.   Any person who violates an order to vacate a structure declared unfit for human occupation or use commits a Class B misdemeanor.   Any owner, manager, or person responsible for a structure declared unfit for human occupation or use who authorizes or facilitates the occupancy of the structure commits a Class B misdemeanor.
TN Code § 13-21-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-201. Findings, Purpose and Policy

  It is hereby found that:  There exist in many municipalities and counties blighted and deteriorated properties in neighborhoods which cause the deterioration of those and contiguous neighborhoods and constitute a serious and growing menace which is injurious to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the residents of Tennessee, and are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power;   The existence of blighted and deteriorated properties, both residential and commercial, within neighborhoods, and the growth and spread of blight and deterioration or the threatened deterioration of other neighborhoods and properties:  Contribute substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, and to losses by fire and accident;   Necessitate expensive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution, and punishment, for the treatment of juvenile delinquency, for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident protection, and for other public services and facilities;   Constitute an economic and social liability;   Substantially impair or arrest the sound growth of the community;   Retard the provision of decent, safe and sanitary housing and public accommodations;   Depreciate assessable values;   Cause an abnormal exodus of families and businesses from these neighborhoods; and   Are detrimental to the health, the well-being and the dignity of many residents of these neighborhoods;     This menace cannot be effectively dealt with by private enterprise without the aids provided herein; and   The benefits which would result from eliminating the blighted properties that cause the blight and deterioration of neighborhoods will accrue to the inhabitants of the neighborhoods in which these conditions exist and to the inhabitants of this state generally.     It is hereby declared that:  It is the policy of this state to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state by eliminating the blight and deterioration of neighborhoods through the elimination of blighted and deteriorated properties within these neighborhoods;   The elimination of such blight and deterioration and the preparation of the properties for sale or lease, for development or redevelopment, constitute a public use and purpose for which public money may be expended and private property acquired, and are governmental functions in the interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Tennessee; and   The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted herein is hereby declared to be a legislative determination.
TN Code § 13-21-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-202. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Blighted” or “deteriorated” property means any vacant structure or vacant or unimproved lot or parcel, whether residential, commercial or industrial, in a predominantly built-up neighborhood:   Which because of physical condition or use is regarded as a public nuisance at common law or has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with local housing, building, plumbing, fire or related codes;   Which because of physical condition, use or occupancy is considered an attractive nuisance to children, including, but not limited to, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, and unsafe fences or structures;   Which, because it is dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe, vermin-infested or lacking in the facilities and equipment required by the housing code of the municipality, has been designated by the appropriate agency or department responsible for enforcement of the code as unfit for human habitation;   Which is a fire hazard, or is otherwise dangerous to the safety of persons or property;   From which the utilities, plumbing, heating, sewerage or other facilities have been disconnected, destroyed, removed, or rendered ineffective so that the property is unfit for its intended use;   Which by reason of neglect or lack of maintenance has become a place for accumulation of trash and debris, or a haven for rodents or other vermin;   Which has been tax delinquent for a period of at least three (3) years; or   Which has not been rehabilitated within the time constraints placed upon the owner by the appropriate code enforcement agency;     “Blighted” or “deteriorated” does not apply to any property used for agricultural purposes;     “Municipality” means any county, including any county having a metropolitan form of government, or incorporated city or town in this state;   “Redevelopment” means the planning or replanning, design or redesign, acquisition, clearance, development and disposal, or any combination of these, of a property in the preparation of such property for residential, commercial, industrial, and related uses, as may be appropriate or necessary;   “Residential, commercial, industrial, and related use” means residential or commercial or industrial property for sale, lease or rental and related uses; such related uses include, but are not limited to, park and recreation areas, neighborhood community service, parking lots or structures, and any use which is consistent with and/or complementary to the existing properties in the area; and   “Vacant property review commission” means a commission established by ordinance to review vacant properties to make a written determination of blight and deterioration.
TN Code § 13-21-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-203. Adoption of Provisions by Ordinance — Vacant Property Review Commission

  If the legislative body of a municipality finds and declares that there exists in the municipality blighted or deteriorated properties and that there is need in the municipality for the exercise of powers, functions and duties conferred by this part, the legislative body may adopt this part by ordinance.    The ordinance adopting this part shall also establish a vacant property review commission which shall certify properties as blighted or deteriorated to the legislative body.   The ordinance shall specify the duties of, the number of members that will serve on, the requirements of membership, and the makeup of, the commission.   Members shall be appointed by the chief executive officer and approved by the legislative body.   No officer or employee of the municipality whose duties include enforcement of local housing, building, plumbing, fire or related codes shall be appointed to the commission.   One (1) or more municipalities may act jointly in establishing a vacant property review commission and in such case, members of such commission shall be appointed jointly by the municipalities or in part by one (1) municipality and in part by the other. The ordinances creating such joint vacant property review commission may provide that the power of eminent domain may be exercised upon certification by the commission to one (1) or more of such municipalities acting singularly or jointly.