A housing authority created under this chapter shall not have the power to take by eminent domain private property in an urban renewal area for the purpose of resale, if the owner of same desires to develop such owner's own property and if the designated reuse of the property in the urban renewal plan is such that the owner's parcel can be redeveloped by itself without affecting the objectives of the urban renewal plan as to the owner's parcel or adjoining or adjacent properties thereto, and the owner signs an agreement with the housing authority to abide by the urban renewal plan, in any development thereof.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-20-105
Private property — Taking by eminent domain restricted under certain conditions
Known as the Housing Authorities Law
The act spans §§ 13–13 (92 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency v. Eaton (2006)
Most recently applied in Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency v. Eaton (October 2006)
Acts 1972, ch. 711, § 1; T.C.A., § 13-833.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.