Approval of Commission required for construction of public improvements, etc.; procedure in case of disapproval; recommendations.
Memphis Charter, art. 15, § 103
in effectSec. 103. - Approval of Commission required for construction of public improvements, etc.; procedure in case of disapproval; recommendations.
Whenever the legislative body of the municipality shall have adopted a City plan recommended by the City Planning Commission, no public buildings, streets, alleys, ways, viaducts, bridges, subways, railroads, terminals, transit lines, parkways, parks, playgrounds, or any other public grounds or public improvement, or part thereof, shall be constructed until and unless the location thereof shall be approved by the City Planning Commission; provided, however, that in case of its disapproval, the City Planning Commission shall communicate its reasons for disapproval to the legislative body of the municipality, and thereupon, by majority vote of such legislative body, it shall have the power of overruling such disapproval. The widening, narrowing, ornamentation, vacancies, or change in the use of streets and other public ways, public grounds or other public improvements, appearing on the adopted plan, shall be subject to similar approval by the Planning Commission and upon disapproval by the Planning Commission may be similarly overruled.
The Planning Commission may make recommendations to any public authorities or to any corporations or individuals in such municipality, or in the territory contiguous thereto, concerning relocation of any building, structures or works to be erected or constructed by them.
(Priv. Acts 1921, ch. 162, § 7)
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_ART15CIPLCO_S103APCORECOPUIMETPRCADIREFetched: 10/28/2026