5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Williamson County, Tennessee.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated Williamson County you may run one home occupation per single-family home under the county Zoning Ordinance. It must stay secondary to the residence, and county Codes Compliance enforces the criteria. Cities like Franklin and Brentwood set their own home-business rules.
Williamson County, TN, Zoning Ordinance, Art. IV, Home Occupations
no more than one (1) home occupation shall be carried on in a single residence
A home occupation in unincorporated Williamson County must show no outward sign of business. The county Zoning Ordinance keeps home occupations incidental to the dwelling, so exterior signage and displays that advertise the business are not permitted.
A Williamson County home occupation has to keep customer visits and deliveries at ordinary residential levels. Walk-in retail is not a permitted home occupation, and traffic that disrupts neighbors puts the use outside the county Zoning Ordinance.
Tennessee's Food Freedom Act lets you make and sell most homemade foods from a Williamson County kitchen with no license, no inspection, and no sales cap. Products go directly to the consumer, and the exemption is one of the broadest in the country.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 53-1-118 (Tennessee Food Freedom Act)
exempt from all licensing, permitting, inspecting, packaging, and labeling laws of this state, except when the Department of Health is investigating a reported foodborne illness
Home child care in Williamson County is licensed by the state, not the county. The Tennessee Department of Human Services licenses family child care homes, and the number of children you keep sets whether a license and local zoning approval are required.
1 cities in Williamson County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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