Board of Commissioners to determine need for authority; factors to be considered.
Memphis Charter, art. 79, § 897
in effectSec. 897. - Board of Commissioners to determine need for authority; factors to be considered.
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis shall have authority to determine whether there is need for an authority to function in the City of Memphis, and in so determining, shall consider
(1) Whether unsanitary or unsafe inhabited dwelling accommodations exist in the City.
(2) Whether there is a lack of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations in the City available for all the inhabitants thereof.
In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or unsanitary, the council [Board of Commissioners] shall take into consideration the following: the physical condition and age of the buildings; the degree of overcrowding; the percentage of land coverage; the light and air available to the inhabitants of such dwelling accommodations; the size and arrangement of the rooms; the sanitary facilities; and the extent to which conditions exist in such buildings which endanger life or property by fire or other causes.
(Priv. Acts 1935, ch. 615, § 4)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART79HOAULA_S897BOCODENEAUFABECOFetched: 10/28/2026