Water restrictions in Knox County, TN — also called the watering schedule, outdoor irrigation rules, or drought ordinance — set which days and hours you can run sprinklers or irrigation.
Knox County does not impose a general ordinance restricting lawn or garden watering days or hours. Any watering limits come from your individual water utility during drought, not from a county code.
The county sets no residential landscape-watering schedule. Water service in the Knox County area is provided by utilities such as First Utility District, Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), and others; those providers may issue voluntary or mandatory conservation notices during a drought or supply emergency. If you need to know whether outdoor watering is restricted at a given time, check with your specific water provider rather than the county. There is no county grass-watering ordinance to violate.
No county fine for lawn watering. During a declared shortage, your water utility can enforce its own conservation rules and rates.
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Knox County parks are open sunrise to sunset unless otherwise posted or for a permitted event. Being in a county park after hours is prohibited. Loud or ampl...
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Knox County's Zoning Ordinance requires outdoor lighting be shielded and directed away from residential lot lines, and bars operations producing intense glar...
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Knox County has no formal dark-sky ordinance, but its Zoning Ordinance requires outdoor lighting for parking, storage, display, or security to be shielded an...
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Knox County has no separate garage-sale-sign category; such signs are regulated as temporary signs. They cannot be fixed to poles, trees, fences, or anything...
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In unincorporated Knox County, a political candidate sign may be posted without a building permit, but it cannot exceed 32 square feet, cannot be displayed f...
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The Knox County Zoning Ordinance has no separate tiny-home category. A tiny home is treated as a dwelling, and the ordinance allows only one house per lot in...
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