Cost of establishing building lines.
Memphis Charter, art. 53, § 542
in effectSec. 542. - Cost of establishing building lines.
Whenever, under the provisions of this Charter, or any law authorizing it, any municipality coming within the provisions of chapter 341 of the Acts of 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, shall have the right to establish a building line, or lines, on any street, avenue, parkway, boulevard, esplanade, or highway in said municipality, the cost of establishing such building line, or lines may be assessed against the abutting property in accordance with the provisions of said chapter 341 of the Acts of 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, subject to all the provisions of said Acts, it being the intention of the general assembly to amend said Acts so as to give full power to all municipalities coming within the classification of said Acts to assess the cost of establishing a building line, or lines, against the property abutting on said line, or lines, according to the front foot plan.
(Priv. Acts 1923, ch. 424)
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_ART53STIMUNFRFOASLA_S542COESBULIFetched: 10/28/2026