Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-105 (2026)
Amendments of zoning ordinance provisions - Procedure
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The county legislative body may, from time to time, amend the number, shape, boundary, area or any regulation of or within any district or districts or any other provision of any zoning ordinance; but any such amendment shall not be made or become effective unless the same be first submitted for approval, disapproval or suggestions to the regional planning commission of the region in which the territory covered by the ordinance is located, and, if such regional planning commission disapproves within thirty (30) days after such submission, such amendment shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the entire membership of the county legislative body.
- (b) Prior to adopting an amendment as authorized under subsection (a), the county legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the amendment, with at least fifteen (15) days' notice of the time and place to be given by at least one (1) publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. A complete summary of the amendment shall be published at least once in the official newspaper of the county or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The summary shall include a statement that a complete copy of the amendment is available and where the copy may be obtained. If the zoning ordinance rezones property, a description of the property that is rezoned shall be included in the summary.
- (c) Notwithstanding this part or any other law to the contrary, any county having a charter form of government, adopted pursuant to title 5, chapter 1, part 2, may amend its zoning ordinance by means of resolution; and all zoning amendments passed by resolution prior to July 1, 1996, shall be deemed to be valid and shall not be attacked on the grounds that the amendments were accomplished by means of resolution rather than by ordinance.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 577,s 1, eff. 3/8/2016.
Acts 1935, ch. 33, § 5; C. Supp. 1950, § 10268.5; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-405; Acts 1989, ch. 34, § 1; 1993, ch. 244, §§ 1, 2; 1993, ch. 262, §§ 2, 3; 1996, ch. 715, § 1; 1997, ch. 69, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases, 1990–2019 · leading case: Edwards v. Allen, 216 S.W.3d 278 (Tenn. 2007).
Edwards v. Allen, 216 S.W.3d 278 (Tenn. 2007). “The Plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that the 1992 reclassification violated the Rutherford County Zoning Resolution and that the 1992 notice of hearing violated the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated section 13-7-105. The Defendants filed motions to dismiss…”
Westland West Cmty. Ass'n v. Knox Cnty., 948 S.W.2d 281 (Tenn. 1997). “Tennessee Code Annotated § 13-7-105 mandates submission of the new classification without further inquiry.”
Lewis v. Cleveland Mun. Airport Auth., 289 S.W.3d 808 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-105(a) (1999) provides as follows: The county legislative body may, from time to time, amend the number, shape, boundary, area or any regulation of or within any district or districts or any other provision of any zoning ordinance; but any such amendment…”
Hutcherson v. Criner, 11 S.W.3d 126 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “With regard to the 1991 Amendment and the 1992 Amendment, T.C.A. § 13-7-105 (Supp.1990) and (1992) provided in pertinent part: 13-7-105.”
State Ex Rel. Browning-Ferris Indus. of Tennessee, Inc. v. Bd. of Commissioners, 806 S.W.2d 181 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “The power of a county legislative body to amend its zoning resolution is set out in T.C.A. § 13-7-105, which reads in part as follows: 13-7-105.”
Fam. Golf of Nashville, Inc. v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 964 S.W.2d 254 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 13-7-105(a), 13-7-203(b), 13-7-204.”
Shelton v. Rutherford Cnty., Tenn., 780 F. Supp. 2d 653 (M.D. Tenn. 2011). “5 As a result, the Tennessee Court of Appeals also necessarily found that Plaintiffs’ petition — however denominated — was subject to Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-105, which specifically provides that any amendment to any provision of a zoning ordinance in Tennessee requires a…”
Steven A. Edwards v. Nancy Allen (Tenn. Ct. App. 2005). “utes “illegal spot zoning” because it was clearly arbitrary and capricious, having no relation to the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Rutherford County and because it arbitrarily favored individual landowners to the detriment of the surrounding landowners,…”
Depot Prop., LLC & Terry Cox v. Town of Arlington, Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “See T.C.A. §§13-7-105(a), 13-7-203(b), 13-7-204.”
Jack R. Owen Revocable Trust v. City of Germantown Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “See T.C.A. §§ 13-7-105(a), 13-7-203(b), 13-7-204.”
Wiley Hutcherson v. Rozell Carter (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999). “With regard to the 1991 Amendment and the 1992 Amendment, T.C.A. § 13-7-105 (Supp. 1990) and (1992) provided in pertinent part: 13-7-105.”
CK Dev., LLC v. Town of Nolensville (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The court held that “the request to allow a for-profit shooting range on property zoned as Residential 20 for single family dwellings ‘substantially affects’ the use of the land” and, therefore, the procedural requirements of Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-105 applied. 216 S.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-105(a): 8 cases
Westland West Cmty. Ass'n v. Knox Cnty., 948 S.W.2d 281 (Tenn. 1997). “Tennessee Code Annotated § 13-7-105 mandates submission of the new classification without further inquiry.”
Edwards v. Allen, 216 S.W.3d 278 (Tenn. 2007). “The Plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that the 1992 reclassification violated the Rutherford County Zoning Resolution and that the 1992 notice of hearing violated the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated section 13-7-105. The Defendants filed motions to dismiss…”
Lewis v. Cleveland Mun. Airport Auth., 289 S.W.3d 808 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-105(a) (1999) provides as follows: The county legislative body may, from time to time, amend the number, shape, boundary, area or any regulation of or within any district or districts or any other provision of any zoning ordinance; but any such amendment…”
Fam. Golf of Nashville, Inc. v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 964 S.W.2d 254 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 13-7-105(a), 13-7-203(b), 13-7-204.”
Shelton v. Rutherford Cnty., Tenn., 780 F. Supp. 2d 653 (M.D. Tenn. 2011). “5 As a result, the Tennessee Court of Appeals also necessarily found that Plaintiffs’ petition — however denominated — was subject to Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-105, which specifically provides that any amendment to any provision of a zoning ordinance in Tennessee requires a…”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-105(b)(1): 1 case
Lewis v. Cleveland Mun. Airport Auth., 289 S.W.3d 808 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2008). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-105(a) (1999) provides as follows: The county legislative body may, from time to time, amend the number, shape, boundary, area or any regulation of or within any district or districts or any other provision of any zoning ordinance; but any such amendment…”
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