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TN Code § 13-21-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-204. Acquisition by Eminent Domain Authorized — Litter Removal

  For purposes of this section:  “Community organization” means a community-oriented organization or group including, but not limited to, a school group, church youth group, neighborhood preservation nonprofit corporation, or community support group;   “Litter” means overgrown plant life including, but not limited to, trees, vines, grasses, and underbrush or the accumulation of debris, trash, garbage, or any combination of the preceding elements; and   “Vacant property” means property on which no building exists or on which a building exists but any such building is no longer utilized for any business, commercial or residential purposes.     A municipality may acquire by eminent domain pursuant to title 29, Chapters 1 6 and 17, any property determined to be blighted or deteriorated pursuant to this part, and shall have the power to hold, clear, manage or dispose of property so acquired for residential, commercial, industrial and related use, pursuant to this part.    Upon the adoption of a resolution by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the municipal legislative body of any municipality located in any county having a population in excess of eight hundred thousand (800,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, to implement this subsection (c), within any such municipality, a community organization shall be entitled to petition a municipality acquiring vacant property pursuant to subsection (b) in order to enter upon such vacant property to remove litter from such property.    Upon the filing of such a petition, the municipality is authorized to contract with such community organization for such purposes. The contract shall provide for the manner in which the community organization shall be compensated for remedying the conditions pursuant to such contract.   Any municipality that contracts with a community organization for such purposes shall be absolutely immune from any liability to any and all persons and for damage to the vacant property for conditions remedied by the community organization. No monetary liability and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against the municipality for acts of omission or commission of such community organization for conditions remedied pursuant to such contract.   The community organization may coordinate with the department of correction to utilize inmates for removing litter from vacant property as part of a volunteer inmate work program as described in § 4-6-201 or a similar department of correction program. If the community organization utilizes inmates pursuant to this subdivision (c)(2)(C), then the community organization shall not be held liable for any damage to the vacant property or for any injury incurred by inmates arising from the removal of litter.
TN Code § 13-21-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-205. Certification of Property as Blighted or Deteriorated — Notification of Owner

  The legislative body shall not institute eminent domain proceedings pursuant to this part unless the commission has certified that the property is blighted or deteriorated. A property which has been referred to the commission by an agency of the municipality as blighted or deteriorated may only be certified to the legislative body as blighted or deteriorated after the commission has determined that:  The owner of the property or designated agent has been sent an order by the appropriate agency of the municipality to eliminate the conditions which are in violation of local codes or law;   The property is vacant;   The property is blighted and deteriorated;   The commission has notified the property owner or designated agent that the property has been determined to be blighted or deteriorated and the time period for correction of such condition has expired and the property owner or agent has failed to comply with the notice; and   The planning commission of the municipality has determined that the reuse of the property for residential, commercial, industrial and related use is in keeping with the comprehensive plan.     The findings required by subsection (a) shall be in writing and included in the report to the legislative body.   The commission shall notify the owner of the property or a designated agent that a determination of blight or deterioration has been made and that failure to eliminate the conditions causing the blight shall render the property subject to condemnation by the municipality under this part. Notice shall be mailed to the owner or designated agent by certified mail, return receipt requested. However, if the address of the owner or designated agent is unknown and cannot be ascertained by the commission in the exercise of reasonable diligence, copies of the notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the property affected. The written notice sent to the owner or the owner's agent shall describe the conditions that render the property blighted and deteriorated, and shall demand abatement of the conditions within ninety (90) days of the receipt of such notice.   An extension of the ninety-day time period may be granted by the commission if the owner or designated agent demonstrates that such period is insufficient to correct the conditions cited in the notice.
TN Code § 13-21-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-206. Eminent Domain Proceedings — Findings Required

 The legislative body of the municipality may institute eminent domain proceedings pursuant to title 29, Chapters 1 6 and 17, against any property which has been certified as blighted or deteriorated by the commission if it finds that:   Such property has deteriorated to such an extent as to constitute a serious and growing menace to the public health, safety and welfare;   Such property is likely to continue to deteriorate unless corrected;   The continued deterioration of such property may contribute to the blighting or deterioration of the area immediately surrounding the property; and   The owner of such property has failed to correct the deterioration of the property.
TN Code § 13-21-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-207. Conflicts of Interest

  No officer or employee of the municipality, or of the vacant property review commission, who in the course of such officer's or employee's duties is required to participate in the determination of property blight or deterioration or the issuance of notices on code violations which may lead to a determination of blight or deterioration, shall acquire any interest in any property declared to be blighted or deteriorated.   If any such officer or employee owns or has a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any property certified to be blighted or deteriorated, the officer or employee shall immediately disclose, in writing, such interest to the commission and to the legislative body, and such disclosure shall be entered in the minutes of the commission and of the legislative body.   Failure to so disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office.   No payment shall be made to any officer or employee for any property or interest therein acquired by the municipality from such officer or employee unless the amount of such payment is fixed by court order in eminent domain proceedings, or unless payment is unanimously approved by the legislative body.
TN Code § 13-21-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 2 - Acquisition of Vacant Properties|§ 13-21-208. Applicability

  This part shall only apply in counties having a population, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:  not less than  nor more than   28,500  28,560   28,600  28,660   48,400  48,500   58,075 58,125   67,500  67,600   74,500  74,600   287,700 287,800   319,625 319,725   777,113 777,500    This part shall also apply in any county having a metropolitan government having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 13-21-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-302. Authority to Adopt Ordinance to Inspect Deteriorating Residential Rental Dwelling Units

  The governing body of a municipality may adopt an ordinance to inspect residential rental dwelling units that are either deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating for compliance with applicable local housing, building, plumbing, electrical, fire, health or related codes and to promote the health, safety and welfare of its citizens in accordance with the following:  The dwelling units shall be located in a residential rental inspection district established by the local governing body in accordance with this section; and   The residential rental inspection district shall be based upon a finding by the local governing body that:  There is a need to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the occupants of dwelling units inside the designated residential rental inspection district;   The residential rental dwelling units within the designated residential rental inspection district are either deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating; or the residential rental dwelling units are in the need of inspection by the municipality to prevent deterioration, taking into account the number, age and condition of residential dwelling rental units inside the proposed residential rental inspection district; and   The inspection of residential rental dwelling units inside the proposed residential rental inspection district is necessary to maintain the health, safety and welfare of tenants and other residents living in the proposed residential rental inspection district. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a municipality-wide residential rental inspection district and a local governing body shall limit the boundaries of the proposed residential rental inspection district to the areas of the municipality that meet the criteria set forth in this section.       For purposes of this part, the local governing body of the municipality may designate any local government department or agency to serve as the public authority to perform all or part of the duties authorized by this part.
TN Code § 13-21-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-303. Notification of Owners and Parties in Interest of Adoption of the Residential Rental Inspection Ordinance

 Upon adoption by the municipality of a residential rental inspection ordinance relating to residential rental dwelling units that are either deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating, the public authority shall make reasonable efforts to notify owners and parties in interest of residential rental dwelling units in the designated residential rental inspection district regarding the adoption of the residential rental inspection ordinance. The public authority shall provide a summary of  the residential rental inspection ordinance to owners and parties in interest of residential rental dwelling units in the designated residential rental inspection district.
TN Code § 13-21-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-304. Notification by Owners and Parties in Interest That Dwelling Is Used for Residential Rental Purposes — Form — Fees

 The residential rental inspection ordinance may include a provision that requires the owners and parties in interest of dwelling units in a residential rental inspection district to notify the public authority in writing if the dwelling unit is used for residential rental purposes. The public authority may develop a form for such purposes. The residential rental inspection ordinance shall not include a registration fee or a fee of any kind associated with the written notification pursuant to this section. A residential rental inspection ordinance shall not require that the written notification from the owner or party in interest of a dwelling unit subject to the residential rental inspection ordinance be provided to the public authority in less than sixty (60) days after the adoption of a residential rental inspection ordinance. However, there shall be no penalty for the failure of an owner or party in interest of a residential rental dwelling unit to comply with this section, unless and until the public authority provides actual or written notice to the property owner or party in interest, as provided in this part. For purposes of this part, notice sent by regular first class mail to the last known address of the owner or party in interest shall be deemed in compliance with this section.
TN Code § 13-21-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-305. Initial Inspections

 Upon establishment of a residential rental inspection district in accordance with this part, the public authority may, in conjunction with the written notifications as provided for in this part, proceed to inspect dwelling units that are either deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating located in the designated residential rental inspection district, to determine if the dwelling units are being used as a residential rental property and to determine if the dwelling units are in compliance with applicable housing, building, plumbing, electrical, fire, health or related codes.
TN Code § 13-21-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-306. Periodic Inspections

 Except as provided in § 13-21-307, following the initial inspection of a residential rental dwelling unit found to be deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating, the public authority may inspect periodically any residential rental dwelling unit that is deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating that is not otherwise exempted by this part.
TN Code § 13-21-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-307. Follow-Up Inspections for Compliance With Applicable Codes

 Following the initial or periodic inspection of a residential rental dwelling unit found to be deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating and that is subject to a residential rental inspection ordinance, the public authority has the authority to require the owner or party in interest of the dwelling unit to submit to such follow-up inspections of the dwelling unit as the public authority deems necessary, until such time as the dwelling unit is brought into compliance with all applicable housing, building, plumbing, electrical, fire, health or related codes.
TN Code § 13-21-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-308. Exemption for Compliance — Revocation of Exemption

 Following the initial or periodic inspection of a residential rental dwelling unit found to be deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating and that is subject to a residential rental inspection ordinance, and provided that there are no violations of applicable codes and ordinances, or violations are remedied in a timely manner, the public authority shall provide to the owner or party in interest of the residential rental dwelling unit an exemption from the residential rental inspection ordinance for a minimum of four (4) years. For the purposes of this section, timely manner shall be construed to mean less than ninety (90) days after the owner has been given notice of violation. If a residential rental dwelling unit has been issued a certificate of occupancy within the last four (4) years, an exemption shall be granted for a minimum period of four (4) years from the date of the issuance of the certificate of occupancy by the public authority. If the residential rental dwelling unit becomes in violation of local housing, building, plumbing, electrical, fire, health or related codes during the exemption period, the public authority may revoke the exemption granted by this section.
TN Code § 13-21-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-309. Powers of Public Officer

 The residential rental inspection 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 power to:   Investigate conditions in the municipality, in order to determine which residential rental dwelling units in the municipality are deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating;   Administer oaths, affirmations, examine witnesses, issue subpoenas and receive evidence;   Enter upon the premises for the purpose of making examinations and inspections; provided, that the public officer may enter inside the dwelling unit only with the consent of a person in possession, with a validly issued search warrant, or in the event of an emergency presenting an immediate threat to the health, safety, and welfare of a person in possession. Entry shall comply in all respects with the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States as well as article I, § 7, of the Constitution of Tennessee. Entry shall be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to a person in possession;   Appoint and fix the duties of any officers, agents and employees that the public officer deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the residential rental inspection ordinance; and   Delegate any of the public officer's functions and powers under the residential rental inspection ordinance to any officers and agents as the public officer may designate.
TN Code § 13-21-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-310. Fee Schedule for Administration of Inspection Ordinance — Exemptions

 A local governing body may not establish a fee schedule to administer the residential rental inspection ordinance, which includes a per dwelling unit fee for the initial inspections, follow-up inspections, and periodic inspections of dwelling units that are deteriorated or in the process of deteriorating as authorized by this part. In addition, no fee shall be charged to an owner or party in interest for an inspection of a dwelling unit subject to the residential rental inspection ordinance who has submitted a written notification to the public authority as to the identity of such unit owner or party in interest as provided in § 13-21-304, nor shall a fee be charged for a subsequent inspection of a residential dwelling unit that has received an exemption from the residential inspection ordinance for a minimum of four (4) years pursuant to § 13-21-308.
TN Code § 13-21-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-311. Rights and Obligations Under Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act Preserved

 This part shall not alter the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants as set forth by the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, compiled in title 66, chapter 28.
TN Code § 13-21-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-312. Construction of Part

 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 § 13-21-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-313. Penalties for Failure to Comply With the Notice or Inspection Requirements

 The residential rental inspection ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality may authorize penalties for the willful failure or refusal of an owner or party in interest to comply with the notice or inspection requirements authorized by this part.
TN Code § 13-21-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 21 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment|Part 3 - Residential Rental Inspections|§ 13-21-314. Application of Part

 This part shall apply to any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census. In addition, this part shall apply in any city having a population of not less than twenty seven thousand three hundred eighty (27,380) nor more than twenty seven thousand three hundred ninety (27,390), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census. This part shall also apply in any city having a population of not less than twenty thousand nine hundred seventy (20,970) nor more than twenty thousand nine hundred eighty (20,980), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census. In addition, this part applies in any city having a population of not less than fifteen thousand nine hundred (15,900) nor more than sixteen thousand (16,000), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census, lying partly within a county with a metropolitan form of government and partly within an adjacent county.
TN Code § 13-23-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 13 - Public Planning and Housing|Chapter 23 - Housing Development Agency|Part 1 - Tennessee Housing Development Agency Act|§ 13-23-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Housing Development Agency Act.”