For the purposes of any zoning law in Tennessee, the classification “single family residence” includes any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated persons with disabilities reside, and may include three (3) additional persons acting as support staff or guardians, who need not be related to each other or to any of the persons with disabilities residing in the home.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-24-102
Homes in which persons with disabilities reside classified as single family residence
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Double D Manor, Inc. v. Evergreen Meadows Homeowners' Ass'n (1989)
Most recently applied in Double D Manor, Inc. v. Evergreen Meadows Homeowners' Ass'n (April 1989)
Acts 1978, ch. 863, § 2; 1979, ch. 361, § 2; T.C.A., § 13-2402; Acts 1999, ch. 204, § 1; 2011, ch. 47, § 10; 2011, ch. 158, § 9.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.