Failure of property owner to comply with notice.
Memphis Code of Ordinances § 12-28-6
in effectSec. 12-28-6. - Failure of property owner to comply with notice.
A. Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter and chapter 12-24 shall be a misdemeanor subject to punishment as provided in section 1-24-1.
B. Further, upon the failure, refusal or neglect of any person notified to comply with the terms and orders of a notice given pursuant to section 12-28-5, the city engineer is authorized to build, repair, and keep clean and open for public passage any sidewalk or walkway abutting on or adjacent to the property of the person owning or controlling it. The cost of such work shall be a lien on such property, and may be enforced by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction.
C. As an additional and cumulative remedy, the city engineer may certify to the city treasurer the cost of such work. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to place the amount so certified on the bill for city taxes assessed against the property abutting on or adjacent to the sidewalk or walkway laid. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to collect, as a special tax, the amount so certified, which is declared to be a special improvement tax on the property abutting on, or adjacent to, such sidewalks or walkways. This special tax may be collected in the same manner as other general taxes are collected by the city.
(Code 1967, § 36-100; Code 1985, § 34-157; Ord. No. 894, § 1, 4-6-1971; Ord. No. 969, § 1, 6-1-1971; Ord. No. 4196, § 1, 8-24-1993)
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/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT12STSIPUPL_CH12-28SICOMA_S12-28-6FAPROWCONOFetched: 10/28/2026