Williamson County, TN HOA Rules: Dispute Resolution (2026)

Article 16 of the Williamson County Zoning Ordinance requires any residential development of two or more lots with required common open space to form a homeowners' or property owners' association, and Sec. 06 sets the standards that association must meet: mandatory membership, permanent open-space restrictions, liability insurance, and pro-rata funding by every lot owner (Sec. 06(A)). If the association dissolves, Sec. 06(D) shifts maintenance responsibility to the individual lot owners on a pro-rata basis, or lets lot owners re-form the association and self-assess for upkeep; only if both of those remedies fail may the County step in, after notice, to bring the open space into compliance and lien the lot owners for the pro-rata cost plus administrative fees.

Sec. 06(E) is the separate, broader enforcement tool: whenever an association fails to perform its maintenance obligations, whether that failure is described in the recorded covenants or required by the Tennessee Code Annotated, the County 'may, but is not required to' pursue an injunction or any other civil remedy against it. This is discretionary, not a duty the County owes to any individual homeowner, and it addresses the association's performance of its recorded covenant duties, not day-to-day board governance disputes, vendor contracts, or election fights within the HOA.

Because this is county zoning authority, it reaches subdivisions in the unincorporated county only; residents inside Franklin, Brentwood, Spring Hill, Fairview, or Nolensville fall under those cities' own codes, not this Article 16 mechanism.