General authority of City.
Memphis Charter, art. 53, § 505
in effectSec. 505. - General authority of City.
In all municipalities of this State having a population of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000) inhabitants, according to the Federal Census of 1900 or any subsequent Federal Census, it shall be lawful for the legislative bodies of said municipalities, of their own motion and without petition of property owners, to provide by ordinance for the improvement of any street, highway or alley, or part of or parts thereof, in such municipality by opening, extending, widening, grading, paving, macadamizing, curbing, guttering, or otherwise improving in such manner and with such materials and with such culverts as such legislative bodies may determine; and to provide for making special levies or assessments upon the land abutting on such street, highway or alley, or part or parts thereof to be improved in the manner hereinafter set forth to pay one-half of the cost of such improvement, the other one-half to be borne by the [City].
(Acts 1907, ch. 341, § 1; Acts 1909, ch. 109; Priv. Acts 1925, ch. 512; Priv. Acts 1949, ch. 495, § 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_ART53STIMUNFRFOASLA_S505GEAUCIFetched: 10/28/2026