Business Licensing & Operations in Sumner County, TN (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Sumner County, Tennessee.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Sumner County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Adult Entertainment

Sumner County zoning bars adult entertainment activities within 2,000 feet of institutionally zoned land or community facility properties, and within 1,000 feet of residential property, a licensed alcohol seller, or another adult entertainment use, citing secondary effects like prostitution and narcotics violations under Sec. 1103(C)(2).

Sumner County Adult Entertainment Spacing Rules

Significant Restrictions

Sumner County Zoning Resolution Sec. 1103(C)(2)

By virtue of the adoption of this Resolution, the Sumner County Board of Commissioners finds that adult entertainment activities, by their very nature, historically have been accompanied by secondary effects that are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals and welfare... No adult entertainment activity shall be located within two thousand (2,000) feet of an institutionally zoned distri...

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Auto Repair on Residential Property

Sumner County bans automobile and vehicle repair as a by-right minor home-based business, but allows it in the unincorporated county only as a major home-based business approved by special exception from the Board of Zoning Appeals, capped at two business vehicles, three nonresident employees, and 25 percent of the home's floor area.

Sumner County Home-Based Auto Repair Rules

Significant Restrictions

Sumner County Zoning Resolution § 1101.P.2.f

f. The following activities shall not be approved as minor home-based businesses: • Automobile/vehicle repair • Kennels, veterinarian clinics/hospitals • Medical and dental clinics/hospitals • Restaurants, clubs, drinking establishments • Undertaking and funeral parlors • Retail sales as defined in Appendix A, not including goods made on the premises • Adult Entertainment, as defined in Appendix A

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Business Licensing & Operations by City in Sumner County

1 cities in Sumner County have their own business licensing & operations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

HendersonvillePop. 61,753

4 verified rules • Adult Entertainment, Auto Repair on Residential Property

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