Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-204 (2026)
Amendments to zoning ordinances
✓ current as of May 2026
The zoning ordinance, including the maps, may from time to time be amended; but no amendment shall become effective unless it is first submitted to and approved by the planning commission or, if disapproved, receives the favorable vote of a majority of the entire membership of the chief legislative body.
Acts 1935, ch. 44, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 3407.4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 13-704.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: Ready Mix, USA, LLC v. Jefferson Cnty., Tennessee, 380 S.W.3d 52 (Tenn. 2012).
Ready Mix, USA, LLC v. Jefferson Cnty., Tennessee, 380 S.W.3d 52 (Tenn. 2012). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-7-203 (a); see also Tenn.”
Cherokee Country Club, Inc. v. City of Knoxville, 152 S.W.3d 466 (Tenn. 2004). “§ 13-7-203(a); see also Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-204. These statutes cover a broad range of land use regulations and restrictions.”
Haynes v. City of Pigeon Forge, 883 S.W.2d 619 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1994). “§ 13-7-203 and/or T.C.A. § 13-7-204 in regard to submitting the ordinance to the Planning Commission of the City of Pigeon Forge and the ordinance is therefore void and of no effect.”
State Ex Rel. Browning-Ferris Indus. of Tennessee, Inc. v. Bd. of Commissioners, 806 S.W.2d 181 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “In Wilgus , a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance of the City of Murfreesboro was being considered by the Murfreesboro City Council, which amendment had to be passed by the Council on three successive readings.”
Layman Lessons, Inc. v. City of Millersville, Tn, 636 F. Supp. 2d 620 (M.D. Tenn. 2008). “As discussed above in the context of the City’s motion for summary judgment, the City argues simply that the RLUIPA is inapplicable because the Proposed NP-1 Ordinance had not been enacted and made effective pursuant to Tenn.Code Ann. § 13-7-204. The Court has already determined…”
Depot Prop., LLC & Terry Cox v. Town of Arlington, Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Pursuant to T.C.A. § 13-7-204, the rezoning application was deemed to have failed.”
Jack R. Owen Revocable Trust v. City of Germantown Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “T.C.A. § 13-7-204 (2005). Thus, it provides that an amendment to the zoning ordinance must first be presented to the planning commission.”
Fred H. Gillham v. City of Mt. Pleasant (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “The express language of Tenn. Code Ann. §13-7-204 provides that even if a planning commission recommends disapproval of a proposed zoning amendment, the chief legislative body is authorized to override the planning commission’s decision and enact the amendment.”
Town of Greenback, Tennessee v. M&m Stone Farms, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2025). “) Finally, regarding amendments of zoning ordinances and maps, Tennessee Code Annotated § 13-7-204 provides that while the same may be amended from time to time, “no amendment shall become effective unless it is first submitted to and approved by the planning commission .”
Harpeth Valley Utils. Dist. v. Metro Gov't (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “] Section 13-7-204 provides in part: Amendments to zoning ordinances.”
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