Power to compel erection of fences around open lots.
Memphis Charter, art. 77, § 857
in effectSec. 857. - Power to compel erection of fences around open lots.
The Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis shall have authority to require by ordinance that all open and unenclosed space or lots within the corporate limits of the City of Memphis now used or which may hereafter be used for the sale, purchase, exchange, or storage of any goods, wares, merchandise, and including, but without limitation, farm products, produce, cotton, lumber, brick, cement, building materials of every kind and character, or any other commodity whatsoever; or where any new or secondhand automobiles, buses, trucks, trailers, or other motor driven or motor drawn vehicles are stored or parked; or where any railroad cars or railroad equipment is stored or parked; shall be enclosed by a fence or such other enclosure, the type, height, and size of which to be determined by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis. The Board of Commissioners shall have authority to provide penalties for the failure to comply with any of the provisions of such ordinance.
(Priv. Acts 1937, ch. 489)
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_ART77POVASPPU_S857POCOERFEAROPLOFetched: 10/28/2026