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Tennessee board dismisses complaint after City of Memphis says gravity sewer line is not on parcel
Summary
A property owner seeking sewer service near Egypt Central Road argued a stub and gravity line near his parcel entitled him to service under a new Tennessee statute. Memphis officials said the city’s gravity sewer line is in the right-of-way, not on the owner’s parcel, and the board dismissed the complaint.
The Tennessee Board of Utility Regulation on Oct. 21 dismissed a complaint brought by a property owner asking the City of Memphis to allow a connection under a newly enacted state law that requires utilities to offer connections when an existing gravity sewer line lies on the owner’s property.
Property owner Danny Tabrizi told the board the 20‑acre site at 4853 Egypt Central Road abuts gravity sewer infrastructure placed about 25 years earlier; he said there is a capped stub at the southwest corner of the parcel and an 8‑inch gravity line along Egypt Central and…
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