An ordinance amending Section 16.28.040 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to prohibit the issuance of a building permit if the applicant or property owner has been found guilty within the past twelve months of violating a stop work order issued by the Department of Codes Administration or violating T.C.A. § 7-51-1201.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Section 16.28.040 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection C.:

"C. No permit shall be issued pursuant to this chapter if, within the past twelve (12) months, the applicant or property owner has been found by a court of law having jurisdiction over such matters of violating a stop work order issued pursuant to section 16.04.110 of the metropolitan code of laws for the property for which the permit is sought, or of violating Tennessee Code Annotated § 7-51-1201 by demolishing a historic residential structure on the property for which the permit is sought."

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Eric Crafton

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	May 16, 2006
Passed First Reading:	May 16, 2006
Referred to:	Codes Committee
Deferred:	June 6, 2006
Passed Second Reading:	June 20, 2006
Passed Third Reading:	July 18, 2006
Approved:	July 19, 2006
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