Authority to require houses and premises to be kept clean; prohibiting the placing of trash, etc., on streets, etc.
Memphis Charter, art. 46, § 412
in effectSec. 412. - Authority to require houses and premises to be kept clean; prohibiting the placing of trash, etc., on streets, etc.
The [governing authority] shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to provide that the City is, from day to day and every day, kept in a clean and healthy condition, that the yard and premises of every occupant of every dwelling, outhouse, office, store, shop, or other place of business, including the cellars and other places having unhealthy material, are cleaned and so kept by such occupant every day at his own expense, and to prohibit by proper laws and penalties every such occupant from throwing or putting any trash or improper material in the streets, alleys, or sidewalks, except for the purpose of removal; to require such occupant, daily, to deposit all unhealthy material in the street nearby, in some suitable vessel, to be provided by the occupant at his or her own expense, to be carried off by the public carts and rendered harmless.
(Acts 1879, ch. 11, § 3)
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_ART46PUHE_S412AUREHOPRBEKECLPRPLTRETSTETFetched: 10/28/2026