Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-24-102 (2026)

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

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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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2023 · leading case: Nichols v. Tullahoma Open Door, Inc., 640 S.W.2d 13 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982).

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Nichols v. Tullahoma Open Door, Inc., 640 S.W.2d 13 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 4× “rm “family” is defined in the ordinance as “one or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit, provided that unless all members are related by blood or marriage, no such family shall contain over five (5) persons The Sherrill Living Center would not come within the uses…”

Double D Manor, Inc. v. Evergreen Meadows Homeowners' Ass'n, 773 P.2d 1046 (Colo. 1989). · cites it 2× “1988); Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-24-102 (1987); Tex.Rev.”

Westwood Homeowners Ass'n v. Tenhoff, 745 P.2d 976 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “1986); Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-24-102 (1980); Tex. Rev.”

United States v. City of Chattanooga, Tennessee (E.D. Tenn. 2023). · cites it 2× “” The City Zoning Ordinance defines single-family residences to include 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 in a…”

Pioneer Subdivision Homeowners v. Prof'l Counseling (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 3× “Section 13-24-102 classifies a group home of eight or fewer mentally retarded, mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons and two guardians as a “single family residence” for zoning purposes.”

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