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Tennessee Code Title 13. Public Planning and Housing § 13-7-114

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) This part shall not be construed as authorizing the requirement of building permits nor providing for any regulation of the erection, construction, or reconstruction of any building or other structure on lands now devoted to agricultural uses or which may hereafter be used for agricultural purposes, except on agricultural lands adjacent or in proximity to state federal-aid highways, public airports or public parks; provided, that such building or structure is incidental to the agricultural enterprise. Nor shall this chapter be construed as limiting or affecting in any way or controlling the agricultural uses of land.

(b) For purposes of this section, buildings used as residences by farmers and farm workers are “incidental to the agricultural enterprise”.

(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other law to the contrary, a county participating in the national flood insurance program shall regulate buildings and development on land located in a special flood hazard area identified on the flood insurance rate map adopted by the county for purposes of participating in the national flood insurance program, but only to the minimum extent necessary to comply with the national flood insurance program.

(2) Subdivision (c)(1) shall apply only to the regulation of buildings and development on land located within the one hundred-year floodplain.

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