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Tennessee Wildlife Management Areas — TWRA Land-Use Constraints (TN)

Tracked preemption from the Tennessee overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
1974-01-01
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:TN
Other Tennessee preemptions
Tennessee State Building Code — 2021 I-Codes via State Fire Marshal SBCOTennessee Voluntary Attainable Housing Incentive Programs — IZ Ban Carve-OutTennessee Short Term Rental Unit Act — Statewide STR GrandfatheringTennessee §6-54-127 — Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning & Rent Control BanTennessee Heritage Protection Act — Memorials on Public PropertyTennessee Agricultural District and Farmland Preservation ActTennessee Industrial Development Board TIF — Economic Impact Plan DistrictsTennessee NPDES Stormwater & Riparian Buffer — Construction & MS4 Permits

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

OR
  • parcel.in_wildlife_management_area == True
  • parcel.in_state_refuge == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
base_districts[*].wma_development_standardsoverridetwra_managed_for_hunting_fishing_wildlifeTWRA manages WMAs to support recreational hunting/fishing/wildlife watching; agency decisions cannot result in net loss of acreage available for hunting/fishing
land_development.in_wmawaive—Use of WMA lands subject to TWRA rules (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-14)

Citation

Authority source
Tenn. Code Ann. §§70-5-101 et seq.; Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1660-01-14
§ §70-5-101
https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-70/chapter-5/section-70-5-101/

Research notes

100+ WMAs and refuges statewide ranging 53 ac to 625,000 ac. Most WMA acreage is publicly owned and managed by TWRA; some private lands enrolled via cooperative agreements. Lands acquired in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fund. Relevant where development sites abut WMAs (light/noise/access easement impacts) — full preemption only inside WMA boundary.