(a) No single family residence shall be moved from an existing foundation to another foundation located within a developed area of single family residences unless:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 13-3-502

  • developed area of single family residences: means an area generally referred to as a subdivision as indicated on a plat filed in the register of deeds office. See Tennessee Code 13-3-501
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Regional planning commission: means any regional planning commission established by the department of economic and community development as provided by law, and includes any municipal planning commission designated by the department as the regional planning commission of a planning region composed of the territory of a single municipality, together with the territory adjoining but outside of such municipality, no part of which is outside the municipality's urban growth boundary or, if no such boundary exists, more than five (5) miles beyond the limits of such municipality. See Tennessee Code 13-3-401
  • Subdivision: means , in any county having a population of not less than thirty-two thousand seven hundred (32,700) nor more than thirty-two thousand seven hundred sixty (32,760), according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the division of a tract or parcel of land into two (2) or more lots, sites or other divisions for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of sale or building development, and includes resubdivision and, when appropriate to the context, relates to the process of subdividing or to the land or area subdivided. See Tennessee Code 13-3-401
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) The residence to be moved is consistent with the age, value, size and appearance of existing residences within the developed area of single family residences to which the single family residence is to be moved; provided, that the value of the house may be greater than that of the existing residences and the size of the house may be larger than that of the existing residences; and
(2) Approval for the movement of the single family residence to a foundation within a developed area of single family residences has been given by:

(A) The home owners’ association of the development where the residence is to be moved, if a home owners’ association is in existence;
(B) A neighborhood association where the residence is to be moved that has been in existence for more than one (1) year prior to the date the residence is to be moved, if a neighborhood association is in existence in the area;
(C) The regional planning commission, if a regional planning commission is in existence in the area where the residence is to be moved, and subdivision (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) does not apply;
(D) The municipal planning commission, if a municipal planning commission is in existence in the municipality where the residence is to be moved and subdivision (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B) or (a)(2)(C) does not apply; or
(E) The municipal or county legislative body in the jurisdiction where the residence is to be moved, and subdivision (a)(2)(A), (a)(2)(B), (a)(2)(C) or (a)(2)(D) does not apply.
(b) As used in this section, “single family residence” does not include manufactured or modular homes as manufactured or modular homes are defined in § 47-9-102, § 55-1-105, or title 68, chapter 126.
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