13-7-107 - Rules of procedure and jurisdiction of board of appeals. - Tennessee Statutes

13-7-107. Rules of procedure and jurisdiction of board of appeals.

(a)  The county legislative body may provide and specify, in its zoning or other ordinance, general rules to govern the organization, procedure and jurisdiction of the board of appeals, which rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this part, and the board may adopt supplemental rules of procedure, not inconsistent with such sections or such general rules.

(b)  The zoning ordinance may provide that the board of appeals may, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate principles, standards, rules, conditions and safeguards set forth in the ordinance, make special exceptions to the terms of the zoning regulations in harmony with their general purpose and intent. The county legislative body may also authorize the board of appeals to interpret the zoning maps and pass upon disputed questions of lot lines or district boundary lines or similar questions as they arise in the administration of the zoning regulations.

[Acts 1935, ch. 33, § 6; C. Supp. 1950, § 10268.6; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-407.]