(a) At the public hearing required by § 7-33-303, or at the time and place to which the hearing may be adjourned from time to time, all persons whose property may be affected by such improvement may appear in person or by attorney or by petition.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-33-304

  • Governing body: means the board or body in which the general legislative powers of a municipality are vested. See Tennessee Code 7-33-301
  • Improvement: means the construction, installation or substantial reconstruction of sanitary sewers. See Tennessee Code 7-33-301
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • property to be benefited: means , as determined by the governing body, land, excluding improvement, that is within a reasonable distance from a sanitary sewer and to which is made available a means of drainage for sewage, or that abuts on a street or other public way to be improved. See Tennessee Code 7-33-301
(b) After the public hearing and after considering any objections, the governing body by resolution may confirm, amend or rescind the original resolution as its final action.
(c) Such final action shall be the final determination of the issues presented, unless the owner of property to be benefited files, within ten (10) days thereafter, a petition for certiorari in the circuit court having jurisdiction to review the action of the governing body. Failure to take such steps within the ten (10) days constitutes a waiver of all objections.
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