Terms Used In Tennessee Code 6-54-509

  • 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: means and includes any published compilation of rules and regulations that have been prepared by various technical trade associations and shall include specifically, but not be limited to, building codes. See Tennessee Code 6-54-501
  • Municipality: means and includes any city or town organized and operating under the general or special laws of the state. See Tennessee Code 6-54-501

Any municipality that, on or after March 21, 1955, adopts a code of ordinances shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality a notice that a code of ordinances has been adopted and that a copy is available at the city recorder’s office for anyone who desires to examine it. Such notice shall also include a statement providing notice of any new provisions of a penal nature in such code of ordinances.