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Limitation on number of occupants for dwelling and tenement houses.

Memphis Charter, art. 21, § 140
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Sec. 140. - Limitation on number of occupants for dwelling and tenement houses. The legislative body of such municipalities may, by ordinance, limit and restrict the maximum number of families which may be housed in dwellings or tenement houses hereafter erected or altered, and for said purposes divide the municipality into districts of such number, shape and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purposes of this section. The regulations adopted for one or more districts may differ from those adopted for other districts. Such regulations shall be designed to limit the overcrowding of land and to avoid undue congestion of population, to facilitate adequate provision of transit, water, sewage disposal, education, recreation and other public requirements, and to promote the public health, morals, safety, convenience and general welfare. (Priv. Acts 1921, ch. 165, § 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_ART21GEZORE_S140LINUOCDWTEHOFetched: 10/28/2026

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