Tennessee § 68-221-1105 - Municipal authority.

§ 68-221-1105. Municipal authority.

In order to protect the public health, municipalities authorized to provide storm water and flood control facilities by this part are authorized by appropriate ordinance or resolution to: Exercise general regulation over the planning, location, construction, and operation and maintenance over storm water facilities in the municipality, whether owned and operated by the municipality or not; Adopt any rules and regulations deemed necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part, including the adoption of a system of fees for services and permits; Establish standards to regulate the quantity of storm water discharged and to regulate storm water contaminants as may be necessary to protect water quality; Review and approve plans and plats for storm water management in proposed subdivisions or commercial developments; Issue permits for storm water discharges, or for the construction, alteration, extension, or repair of storm water facilities; Suspend or revoke permits when it is determined that the person has violated any applicable ordinance, resolution, or condition of the permit; Regulate and prohibit discharges into storm water facilities of sanitary, industrial, or commercial sewage or waters that have otherwise been contaminated; and Expend funds to remediate or mitigate the detrimental effects of contaminated land or other sources of storm water contamination, whether public or private. Municipalities may only exercise the authority granted by subsection (a) in a manner consistent with all requirements of state and federal law that apply to such activities. In counties with a metropolitan form of government, the legislative body may, by ordinance, assign responsibility for the planning, location, construction, and operation and maintenance over storm water facilities in the metropolitan county to any department, board or commission. In counties having governments other than metropolitan or consolidated governments, the county shall only be empowered to exercise the authority granted by this part outside the jurisdiction of an incorporated city or town. Acts 1993, ch. 257, § 5; 1995, ch. 409, § 1; 2001, ch. 119, § 3. Attorney General Opinions. Authority for storm water fees/unfunded federal mandates. OAG 12-96, 2012 Tenn. AG LEXIS 100 (10/9/12).