(a) In order to protect the public health, municipalities authorized to provide storm water and flood control facilities by this part are authorized by appropriate ordinance or resolution to:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-221-1105
Construction: means the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, reconstruction, improvement or extension of storm water facilities. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
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.
Municipality: means any incorporated city or town, county, metropolitan or consolidated government, or special district of this state empowered to provide storm water facilities. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
Person: means any and all persons, natural or artificial, including any individual, firm or association and any municipal or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Storm water: means storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, surface runoff, street wash waters related to street cleaning or maintenance, infiltration (other than infiltration contaminated by seepage from sanitary sewers or by other discharges) and drainage. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
Storm water facilities: means the drainage structures, conduits, combined sewers, sewers, and all device appurtenances by means of which storm water is collected, transported, pumped, treated or disposed of. See Tennessee Code 68-221-1102
(1) Exercise general regulation over the planning, location, construction, and operation and maintenance over storm water facilities in the municipality, whether owned and operated by the municipality or not;(2) Adopt any rules and regulations deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part, including the adoption of a system of fees for services and permits;(3) Establish standards to regulate the quantity of storm water discharged and to regulate storm water contaminants as may be necessary to protect water quality;(4) Review and approve plans and plats for storm water management in proposed subdivisions or commercial developments;(5) Issue permits for storm water discharges, or for the construction, alteration, extension, or repair of storm water facilities;(6) Suspend or revoke permits when it is determined that the person has violated any applicable ordinance, resolution, or condition of the permit;(7) Regulate and prohibit discharges into storm water facilities of sanitary, industrial, or commercial sewage or waters that have otherwise been contaminated; and(8) Expend funds to remediate or mitigate the detrimental effects of contaminated land or other sources of storm water contamination, whether public or private.(b) Municipalities may only exercise the authority granted by subsection (a) in a manner consistent with all requirements of state and federal law that apply to such activities.(c) In counties with a metropolitan form of government, the legislative body may, by ordinance, assign responsibility for the planning, location, construction, and operation and maintenance over storm water facilities in the metropolitan county to any department, board or commission.(d) In counties having governments other than metropolitan or consolidated governments, the county shall only be empowered to exercise the authority granted by this part outside the jurisdiction of an incorporated city or town.
