(a) Municipalities are authorized to create, by ordinance, the office of administrative hearing officer to hear building and property maintenance code violations.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-54-1001

  • City: means any city or territory to be incorporated that may adopt chapters 30-36 of this title. See Tennessee Code 6-30-102
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Officer: means the mayor, aldermen, city attorney and city judge. See Tennessee Code 6-1-101
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Such authorizing ordinance must, at minimum, contain:

(1) Reference to the municipal code sections subject to administrative jurisdiction; and
(2) The number of administrative hearing officer positions created.
(c) Two (2) or more municipalities may enter into an interlocal agreement to employ one (1) or more administrative hearing officers if so referenced in the adopting ordinance.
(d) No provision in this part diminishes or terminates any existing municipal power or authority.
(e) For purposes of this part, “municipality” means any incorporated town or city, or metropolitan form of government.
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