City and Commission authorized to acquire property within specified area.
Memphis Charter, art. 61, § 648
in effectSec. 648. - City and Commission authorized to acquire property within specified area.
The City of Memphis and the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission are hereby expressly authorized to purchase, or otherwise acquire title to land, easements or rights-of-way, to be used in connection with the authority herein granted and may likewise condemn any land, riparian rights, easements and rights-of-way under, on or above the ground or water in connection with said harbor and port within the area hereinafter described, as now provided by the mode of condemnation in the City Charter of the City of Memphis.
Said area hereinabove referred to being described as follows:
Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of the Mississippi River with the center line of the Memphis and Arkansas Bridge and running thence eastwardly in the center line of said Bridge and the center line of E. H. Crump Boulevard to its point of intersection with a northerly projection of the center line of Delaware Street; thence southwardly along said northerly projection of the center line of Delaware Street and along the center of Delaware Street to its intersection with the center line of Wisconsin Avenue; running thence westwardly in the center line of Wisconsin Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Riverside Boulevard, running thence southwardly in the center line of Riverside Boulevard to its intersection with the center line of Mallory Avenue at the southeast corner of Riverside Park, running thence eastwardly in the center line of Mallory Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Hernando Road, running thence southwardly in the center line of Hernando Road to a point 1000 feet north of center line of Nonconnah River, running thence eastwardly, southwardly and westward to an arc of 1000 feet radius (with a radius point at the intersection of the center line of Hernando Road and the center line of Nonconnah River) to a point in the center line of Hernando Road, running thence southwardly in the center line of Hernando Road to its intersection with the center line of Brooks Avenue, running thence westwardly in the center line of Brooks Avenue to its intersection with the center line of Horn Lake Road, running thence northwardly in the center line Horn Lake Road to its intersection with the center line of Peebles Avenue, running thence westwardly in the center line of Peebles Avenue and continuing in the projection of said center line to its intersection with the eastern or southern right-of-way line of the Y. & M. V. Railroad; thence continuing westwardly and southwardly along the south and/or the eastern right-of-way line of the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad low line or southbound main line to the south line of the County of Shelby; thence westwardly with the south line of the County of Shelby to the center line of the Mississippi River being defined as the state line between Arkansas and Tennessee, running thence northwardly in the center line of the Mississippi River to the point of beginning, save and except that portion of the Memphis River and Rail Terminal which lies within the area hereinabove defined.
Provided, however, the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the City of Memphis and the Quarterly County Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, by joint resolution from time to time may redefine the territorial limits of the area over which the Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission has jurisdiction, which shall not extend outside of Shelby County, Tennessee.
(Priv. Acts 1947, ch. 500, § 12; Priv. Acts 1951, ch. 385, § 6; Priv. Acts 1957, ch. 117, § 1)
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_ART61MESHCOPOCO_S648CICOAUACPRWISPARFetched: 10/28/2026