Records relative to permits.
Memphis Code of Ordinances § 12-8-2
in effectSec. 12-8-2. - Records relative to permits.
A. The city engineer shall provide in his or her office a well-bound book so designed as to form a record of applications for permits to make openings in the pavements, sidewalks, gutters, lawn strips, neutral strips and other portions of the streets and all other thoroughfares and a history by inspection of such opening during the period of construction and maintenance hereinafter provided for. This book shall show the serial number of the application, name of applicant, the street number at the point where the opening is to be made, or in the absence of a number, the distance to the nearest intersecting street shall be given, and the distance from the curb or from the property line, the kind of surface to be cut, the character of foundation, the size of opening to be made, the number of the permit, the completion date and the date that the maintenance period expires during which time the utility responsible shall maintain such street cut.
B. The caption of each page of the book shall be such that the applicant agrees, in applying for a permit, to carefully observe the provisions of this chapter and to save the city harmless from any claim for damages by reason of the cut or opening in the surface of the thoroughfare.
C. This book shall be a public record and shall be kept open for inspection by interested persons during office hours.
(Code 1967, § 36-39; Code 1985, § 34-52; Ord. No. 1061, § 1, 9-28-1971)
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/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT12STSIPUPL_CH12-8STCU_S12-8-2REREPEFetched: 10/28/2026