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Council advances code changes: municipal‑court fee rise, property‑maintenance authority and updated property‑maintenance code
Summary
The council voted on first readings to implement a $2 state‑mandated increase in municipal court costs, adopt the Tennessee Slum Clearance Act into local code to streamline demolition of dilapidated buildings, and update the city’s property‑maintenance code to the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code.
The Lebanon City Council on July 1 advanced several code and enforcement measures on first reading, including a state‑required increase to municipal court costs, a new local property‑maintenance chapter adopting state slum‑clearance authority and an update to the city’s international property‑maintenance code.
Assistant City Attorney Steven Chambers said a new state law effective July 1 requires municipalities…
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