Tennessee is landlocked, so no coastal law applies. Building near Old Hickory Lake, the Cumberland River, or its creeks triggers floodplain rules and federal Army Corps of Engineers permits.
There is no coastal zone in Sumner County; Tennessee has no ocean and no coastal management act. Waterfront rules here are floodplain and federal. Old Hickory Lake is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Cumberland River, so docks, boathouses, and shoreline alterations fall under the Corps' Old Hickory Lake Shoreline Management Plan, not a state coastal program. Placing dredged or fill material in the lake, river, creeks, or wetlands also requires a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit from the Corps. Development inside the mapped floodplain needs a county floodplain development permit.
Building a dock or altering the shoreline without Corps approval draws federal enforcement and removal orders. Filling waters without a Section 404 permit brings restoration orders.
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Sumner County, TN
Sumner County does not regulate holiday decorations on residential property. No county permit is needed for lights, inflatables, or yard displays. Keep them ...
Sumner County, TN
Garage-sale signs count as temporary signs in Sumner County. The zoning resolution lets you post them on any residential lot, capped at 16 square feet, but b...
Sumner County, TN
Sumner County protects yard political signs. Its zoning resolution defers election signage to the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act, Tenn. Code Ann. §2-7-143, ...
Sumner County, TN
Sumner County runs no rental registration or landlord-licensing program, and Tennessee has no statewide registry. A landlord owes the county no permit, filin...
Sumner County, TN
Tennessee has no just-cause eviction law. In Sumner County a landlord may end a month-to-month tenancy without giving a reason, using the 30-day written noti...
Sumner County, TN
Neither Sumner County nor Gallatin, Hendersonville, or Portland can cap rent. Tenn. Code Ann. §66-35-102 bars every Tennessee local government from enacting ...
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