Homes in which persons with disabilities reside classified as single family residence

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TN Code › Title 13 › Chapter 24 › Section 13-24-102

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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. 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.

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.

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.

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