Tennessee is landlocked, so no coastal program exists. Building near the Cumberland and Red Rivers instead runs through the Floodway Overlay District in Zoning Ordinance 9.2, which requires a development permit before any development activity.
Clarksville sits at the confluence of the Cumberland and Red Rivers and carries NFIP community number 470137. Section 9.2 is adopted under T.C.A. 13-7-201 through 13-7-210 to keep the city eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program under 44 CFR 60.3. Mapping comes from the FEMA Flood Insurance Study dated January 15, 2021, plus FIRM panels dated March 18, 2008 and January 15, 2021. The Director of Streets is the appointed Administrator. Inside the regulatory floodway, encroachment is barred unless hydrologic and hydraulic analysis shows no increase in flood levels or floodway widths during a base flood discharge.
Violating the floodway overlay, or the conditions attached to a variance, is a misdemeanor punishable as other misdemeanors are punishable under Tennessee law.
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Clarksville has no ordinance against feeding deer, birds, or other wildlife. Feeding that breeds vermin or creates offensive odors is reachable as a health a...
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Clarksville allows up to eight domesticated hens by permit in five residential zoning districts, on lots of at least 9,000 square feet. Roosters, ducks, gees...
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Tennessee maps no fire hazard severity zones and Clarksville adopts no wildland-urban interface code. What governs is Section 7-208, a Clarksville Fire Rescu...
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Clarksville has no defensible-space program. Brush is handled two ways: Section 7-208 sets hard clearance and attendance conditions for burning leaves on you...
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Clarksville's code has no rain barrel or rainwater harvesting provision and requires no permit. Two existing rules bite: cistern openings must be securely co...
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No Clarksville ordinance authorizes or restricts a native-plant yard, and no registration exists. Section 8-107 still lets the city order vegetation cut once...
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