(a) The applicability of zoning requirements is as follows:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 44-18-104

  • Dairy farm: means any place or premises where one (1) or more cows are kept and from which a part or all of the milk or milk products is provided, sold or offered for sale to a milk plant, transfer station or receiving station. See Tennessee Code 44-18-101
  • Established date of operation: means the date on which a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house commenced operating. See Tennessee Code 44-18-101
  • Feedlot: means a lot, yard, corral or other area in which livestock are confined, primarily for the purposes of feeding, growing, raising, or birthing prior to slaughter. See Tennessee Code 44-18-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Poultry production house: means any place or premises where chickens are kept for the production of eggs or broilers for resale to processors, wholesalers or retailers. See Tennessee Code 44-18-101
  • Regulations: means a resolution by the county legislative body or an ordinance by the governing body of any municipality regulating or prohibiting the normal noises of animals or fowls, the noises in the operation of the equipment, the odors normally associated with any feedlot, dairy farm, or poultry production house, or the preclusion of any animals or fowls from within the city or from within a defined area of the county. See Tennessee Code 44-18-101
  • Zoning requirement: means a regulation or ordinance that has been adopted by a city, county, township, school district, or any special-purpose district or authority, that materially affects the operation of a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house. See Tennessee Code 44-18-101
(1) A zoning requirement shall apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the zoning requirements;
(2) A zoning requirement shall not apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house with an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the zoning requirement;
(3) A zoning requirement that is in effect on April 12, 1979, shall apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house with an established date of operation prior to April 12, 1979; and
(4) A zoning requirement adopted by a city shall not apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house that becomes located within an incorporated or unincorporated area subject to regulation by that city by virtue of an incorporation or annexation that takes effect after April 12, 1979.
(b) A person shall comply with this section as a matter of law where no zoning requirement exists.
(c) The applicability of regulations shall be as follows:

(1) A regulation shall apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of such regulation;
(2) A regulation shall not apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house with an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the regulation;
(3) A regulation that is in effect on April 12, 1979, shall apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house with an established date of operation prior to April 12, 1979; and
(4) A regulation adopted by a city shall not apply to a feedlot, dairy farm or poultry production house that becomes located within an incorporated or unincorporated area subject to regulation by such city by virtue of an incorporation or annexation that takes effect after April 12, 1979.
(d) A person shall comply with this section as a matter of law where no regulation exists.
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