Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

(a) Parts 1-4 of this chapter are intended to afford an alternative method for the making or acquisition of improvements by a municipality, the creation of special improvement districts for central business districts of the various municipalities, the levy of assessments and the …

Nothing in this chapter shall affect or impair the control and jurisdiction that a municipality has over all property within its boundaries. The powers and authority granted by this chapter shall be in addition to any and all other powers and authority now residing with, or herea…

This chapter, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

In the event of conflict between this chapter and any other laws or parts of laws governing the statutes of Tennessee, this chapter shall govern.

The governing body of any municipality of the state is hereby authorized to create by ordinance one (1) or more central business improvement districts in the manner provided in this part.

(1) The organization of such a district shall be initiated in either of two (2) methods:(1) (A) By a petition filed in the office of the clerk of the governing body of the municipality signed by not less than a majority in number of the owners of real property in the district hav…

Any central business improvement district created by a municipality may embrace a contiguous property area or two (2) or more separate property areas and may include one (1) or more business districts, which business districts may either be historic business districts or business…

Upon the filing of a petition purporting to contain the requisite number of signatures, or upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body, the governing body shall order a public hearing to determine whether such central business improvement district shall be established…

Notice of the public hearing shall be given by publishing a notice once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. It shall not be necessary to set out in full in such notice the proposed ordinance setting up such central …

(a) At the time and place thus appointed, the governing body shall meet, and at such meeting, or at the time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned from time to time, all persons whose property may be affected by such improvement or improvements may appear in person, by …

(a) In the event that such central business improvement district plan shall have been initiated by action of the governing body under § 7-84-202(2), such ordinance creating a central business improvement district shall not be adopted if written protests are filed with the governi…

(1) The ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality shall include:(1) A description of the district by metes and bounds;(2) A general description of the improvements to be constructed or established;(3) Authority for the employment of architects and engineers for …

The governing bodies of two (2) or more municipalities may enter into agreements to create a corridor to link together central business districts. A corridor of central business districts shall be subject to all this chapter relative to a single central business district.

(1) The governing body of any municipality has all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out any or all improvements adopted in the ordinance setting up such district, including, but not limited to:(1) Closing existing streets or alleys or opening new streets …

(a) Upon the adoption of the ordinance, the municipality shall proceed to advertise for bids, let the contracts, and construct the improvements under the laws and regulations governing the construction of other improvements within the municipality; provided, that where no detaile…

(a) The board of assessment commissioners authorized in this chapter shall consist of no fewer than three (3) nor more than seven (7) citizens of the municipality, none of whom shall be interested in any property contained within the central business improvement district. Such me…

In any case where a notice is required to be sent to the owner of real property in the central business improvement district, such notice shall be deemed sufficient if sent by certified mail to the last known address of the owner. In any case where the governing body finds for an…

(a) The municipality is authorized to issue bonds and notes pursuant to the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, chapter 21, for the purpose of making payments for the improvements contemplated by this chapter. Such municipality is further authori…

The governing body of the municipality is hereby authorized to levy, according to the benefits received, and to collect in such manner as the governing body may determine to be proper, annual service or maintenance fees against the properties located within the central business i…

The municipality is hereby authorized to levy special assessments against all properties, except those exempt from taxation, located within the central business improvement district to cover all costs and expenses of each and every improvement constructed, erected, or purchased a…

Prior to the acquisition of an improvement or commencement of the construction of an improvement described in the ordinance organizing the central business improvement district or upon completion of the improvements, at the discretion of the board of assessment commissioners, the…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the aggregate amount of the levy or assessment made against any lot or parcel of land shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the assessed value of the lot and improvement on the lot. The municipality shall pay any part of the levy or a…

(a) In determining the benefits to each lot or parcel of property within the central business improvement district, the board of assessment commissioners may consider frontage, area, the proportion that the assessed value of each lot or parcel bears to the whole assessed value of…

The governing body of the municipality shall determine whether municipally-owned property located within the district shall be assessed in the same manner as private property, and, if it does so determine, shall provide for such assessments in the ordinance creating the central b…

Municipal properties that are not assessed for taxation by the municipality or the county in which the municipality is located, and that are to be assessed for the purposes of this chapter, as provided in § 7-84-405, shall be specially assessed by the municipal assessor, or the c…

After all assessments have been determined by the board of assessment commissioners, the board shall prepare an assessment roll, which shall show the location of the property, the owner of the property as shown in the records of the municipal or county assessor, and the amount of…

The board of assessment commissioners shall also prepare a schedule of all property proposed to be taken by condemnation by the municipality and all property that will in some manner be injured by the improvements to be constructed within the district, together with the valuation…

(a) Such assessment roll and such schedule of damages shall be filed with the governing body of the municipality, which shall open such roll and such schedule to the public for a period of not less than ten (10) days. (b) The governing body of the municipality shall set a date fo…

The governing body of the municipality shall, at the public hearing, sit as a board of review with respect to all assessments levied. The governing body shall appoint an attorney to represent the board of assessment commissioners in such hearings, and the compensation of such att…

(a) Any person whose property is proposed to be taken, interfered with, injured, or assessed for benefits under any of the provisions of this chapter, who is dissatisfied with the amount of damages awarded to such person for the taking of or interference with such person's proper…

(a) The governing body shall then consider the assessments and the damages awarded and may amend or affirm the assessments and damages and shall adopt an ordinance incorporating such assessments as amended and shall by separate ordinance confirm the award of damages as amended, a…

(a) The assessment on each property shall be levied at one (1) time in the ordinance provided for in § 7-84-412. The governing body may provide in such ordinance levying the assessment that all or such portion of the assessment as is designated in the ordinance may be paid in equ…

(a) Assessments payable in installments may be paid prior to the due date of any such installment. (b) The whole or any part of the assessment may be paid without interest within sixty (60) days after the ordinance levying the assessment becomes effective. If the assessment is pa…

When an assessment is payable in installments, default in the payment of any installment of principal or interest when due shall cause the whole of the unpaid principal and interest to become due and payable immediately, and the whole amount of the unpaid principal shall thereaft…

An assessment, any interest accruing on the assessment, and the costs of collection of the assessment shall constitute a lien on and against the property upon which the assessment is levied on the effective date of the ordinance levying the assessment, which lien shall be superio…

In case any assessment is or becomes delinquent and the property subject to the delinquency has been or is to be sold to the municipality for the delinquency, redemption of such property shall be permitted upon payment, not later than six (6) months after the date of sale, of the…

In case of failure to pay any assessment, or installment, on or before the date prescribed by the governing body for such payment, there shall be added to the assessment a penalty of one-half of one percent (0.5%) per month of the amount of such assessment or installment.

All money paid to the municipality in payment of the central business improvement district assessments and interest on the assessments shall be deemed to be a part of and constitute a separate fund for the payment of the cost and expenses of making the improvements in the distric…

Assessments shall be made by the board of assessment commissioners prior to the acquisition of an improvement or commencement of the construction of an improvement described in the ordinance organizing the central business improvement district or upon the completion of the improv…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Central Business Improvement District Act of 1990.”

(a) It is hereby determined and declared that the deterioration of central business districts of some cities and towns of the state is a threat to the property tax and other revenue sources of such municipalities and is detrimental to the safety, health, morals and general econom…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Assessed value” means value as assessed for municipal property tax purposes;(2) “District” or “central business improvement district” means the central business improvement district created by the establishment …

This part does not affect any proceedings under title 13, chapter 20, parts 1-3, and all or any part of the area within the boundaries of a central business improvement district created pursuant to this part may be part of any urban renewal area created pursuant to such provision…

(a) This part is intended to afford an alternative method for the making of improvements by a municipality, the creation of special improvement districts for central business districts of the various municipalities, the levy of assessments and the issuance of bonds by municipalit…

This part shall constitute independent authority, separate and apart from parts 1-4 of this chapter, for the establishment and governance of a central business improvement district, and shall constitute an alternative method of establishing and governing such a district. None of …

Nothing in this part shall affect or impair the control and jurisdiction that a municipality has over all property within its boundaries. The powers and authority granted by this part shall be in addition to any and all other powers and authority now residing with, or hereafter g…