In Murfreesboro, overgrown weeds, junk vehicles, and accumulated rubbish are declared a public nuisance under the International Property Maintenance Code. Codes Enforcement issues a notice, and unresolved conditions are abated by the City at the owner's expense.
Section 14-52 adopts IPMC provisions on weeds (302.4), motor vehicles (302.8), and rubbish and garbage (305). The City Manager may declare a property a public nuisance without a prior court adjudication. The owner (and any tenant) gets a written notice and roughly ten days to comply, with a right to appeal to the Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals. If the condition is not cured, the City abates it and files a lien for the cost plus a 20% administrative fee. In unincorporated Rutherford County, county nuisance rules and the IPMC apply instead of the city code.
Misdemeanor under Code Sec. 1-8; the City abates and files a property lien for its costs plus a 20% administrative handling fee.
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