Memphis |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 10. PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE |
Chapter 10-28. OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST MINORS |
§ 10-28-1. Abandonment of airtight containers.
It is unlawful for any person to place or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building, or other structure, or within any warehouse or storage room or any unoccupied or abandoned dwelling, building, or other structure, under such circumstances as to be accessible to children, any icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semiairtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half cubic feet or more and an opening of 50 square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with a latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid shut.
(Code 1967, § 22-1; Code 1985, § 20-2)
State law reference
Abandoned airtight containers and refrigerators, T.C.A. § 39-17-101 et seq.