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Tennessee State overlays

All 25 tracked preemption laws for Tennessee.

Overview

All tracked preemption laws for Tennessee. Click any law for its trigger predicate, preempted fields, and source citation.

Laws tracked
25
Preempted fields
64
Required city attrs
22
Last reviewed
2026-05-19
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Tracked laws

Tennessee State Building Code — 2021 I-Codes via State Fire Marshal SBCO4 fields
Effective
2025-04-17
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_68_120_STATE_BUILDING_CODE
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Tennessee Voluntary Attainable Housing Incentive Programs — IZ Ban Carve-Out3 fields
Effective
2024-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_13_4_401_VOLUNTARY_ATTAINABLE_HOUSING
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Tennessee Short Term Rental Unit Act — Statewide STR Grandfathering3 fields
Effective
2018-05-17
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_13_24_STR_GRANDFATHERING_2018
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Tennessee §6-54-127 — Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning & Rent Control Ban2 fields
Effective
2016-04-27
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_6_54_127_MANDATORY_IZ_BAN
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Tennessee Heritage Protection Act — Memorials on Public Property2 fields
Effective
2013-04-29
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_4_1_412_HERITAGE_PROTECTION_ACT
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Tennessee Agricultural District and Farmland Preservation Act2 fields
Effective
2006-06-15
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_43_34_AGRICULTURAL_DISTRICTS
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Tennessee Industrial Development Board TIF — Economic Impact Plan Districts2 fields
Effective
2004-06-15
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_7_53_TIF_INDUSTRIAL_DEVELOPMENT
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Tennessee NPDES Stormwater & Riparian Buffer — Construction & MS4 Permits4 fields
Effective
2003-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_69_3_STORMWATER_RIPARIAN_BUFFER
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Tennessee Public Chapter 1101 (1998) — UGB / PGA / RA Growth Plan Regime3 fields
Effective
1998-05-19
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_PC1101_UGB_PGA_RA_GROWTH_PLAN
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Tennessee Brownfield Voluntary Cleanup Program (VOAP)2 fields
Effective
1994-04-19
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_68_212_BROWNFIELD_VOAP
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Tennessee Manufactured Home Parity — HUD-Code MH Anti-Exclusion2 fields
Effective
1988-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_13_24_211_MANUFACTURED_HOME_PARITY
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Federal SMCRA Coal Mining Program (OSMRE) — TN Has No State Primacy4 fields
Effective
1984-10-01
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_OSMRE_COAL_MINING_FEDERAL_PROGRAM
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Tennessee Right to Farm Act — Agricultural Nuisance Protection3 fields
Effective
1982-04-29
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_43_26_RIGHT_TO_FARM
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Tennessee Water Quality Control Act — Wetlands & Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits2 fields
Effective
1977-05-09
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_69_3_WATER_QUALITY_WETLANDS
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Tennessee Greenbelt Law — Use-Value Assessment & Rollback Tax2 fields
Effective
1976-04-09
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_67_5_GREENBELT_ROLLBACK
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Tennessee Wildlife Management Areas — TWRA Land-Use Constraints2 fields
Effective
1974-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_70_5_WILDLIFE_MANAGEMENT_AREAS
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Tennessee Natural Areas Preservation Act — Designated Natural Areas2 fields
Effective
1971-04-19
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_11_14_NATURAL_AREAS_PRESERVATION
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Tennessee Scenic Rivers Act — State Scenic Rivers System2 fields
Effective
1968-05-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_11_13_SCENIC_RIVERS_ACT
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Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson — Consolidated City-County Charter4 fields
Effective
1963-04-01
Authority
state · scope: city:metro_nashville_davidson
ID
TN_METRO_CHARTER_DAVIDSON_NASHVILLE
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Tennessee Airport Zoning — Airport Hazard Area Mandate2 fields
Effective
1947-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_42_6_AIRPORT_ZONING
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Tennessee Zoning Enabling Act — Procedural & Vested-Rights Floor3 fields
Effective
1935-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_13_7_ZONING_ENABLING_ACT
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park — Federal Adjacency (Sevier/Blount/Cocke Counties)2 fields
Effective
1934-06-15
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_GREAT_SMOKY_MOUNTAINS_NP_ADJACENCY
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TVA Section 26a Shoreline Construction — Federal Jurisdiction (Tennessee River System)2 fields
Effective
1933-05-18
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_TVA_SHORELINE_26A_FEDERAL
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TVA Reservoir Operating Agreements — Flood-Storage, Pool Elevations & Flowage Easements3 fields
Effective
1933-05-18
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_TVA_RESERVOIR_OPERATIONS_FLOOD_STORAGE
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Cherokee National Forest — USFS Adjacency (East TN)2 fields
Effective
1920-06-14
Authority
federal_via_state · scope: state:TN
ID
TN_CHEROKEE_NATIONAL_FOREST_ADJACENCY
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Required city attributes

Required city attributes

The evaluator needs these city-level facts present to resolve whether a given law's predicate fires.

  • population
  • county_population
  • is_in_unincorporated_county
  • is_metro_government
  • in_pc1101_ugb
  • in_pc1101_pga
  • in_pc1101_ra
  • airport_influence_zones
  • tva_shoreline_jurisdiction
  • tva_reservoir_jurisdiction
  • national_park_adjacency
  • scenic_river_adjacency
  • designated_natural_area_adjacency
  • tif_district_adjacency
  • voap_brownfield_status
  • greenbelt_classification
  • sbco_opt_out_status
  • sbco_residential_opt_out_status
  • ms4_phase_jurisdiction
  • coal_mining_county
  • satellite_municipality_in_davidson
  • is_within_consolidated_metro_government