In Chattanooga, grass, underbrush, or weeds must be kept under 10 inches tall. Code Enforcement tags overgrown lots. Tennessee counties zone unincorporated land, but this height rule is a Chattanooga city standard, not a countywide Hamilton County one.
Chattanooga's property maintenance code (Chapter 21, Exterior Requirements) requires all premises with grass, underbrush, or weeds to stay under 10 inches. Code Enforcement inspects on complaint or during neighborhood sweeps and tags violations with a public-nuisance sticker; the owner must cut it or the city may abate and bill. In unincorporated Hamilton County there is no single countywide height number; the county relies on nuisance and zoning provisions administered through the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency. Other cities (East Ridge, Red Bank, Soddy-Daisy, Signal Mountain) set their own limits. Always confirm your jurisdiction.
Overgrown lots get an orange public-nuisance tag; failure to cut leads to a citation and city abatement, with mowing costs assessed to the owner.
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