Hendersonville regulates weeds through the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (adopted by Ord. No. 2025-05). IPMC § 302.4 prohibits weeds or plant growth in excess of the adopted maximum and defines 'weeds' as 'all grasses, annual plants and vegetation' other than cultivated flowers and gardens. There is no standalone Tennessee statewide residential noxious-weed list; the Tennessee Invasive Plant Council (TN-IPC, formerly TN-EPPC) publishes the authoritative invasive-plant list used statewide and routinely cited in municipal tree and landscape ordinances. Enforcement is by the City Property Maintenance Inspector.
Property maintenance complaints, including overgrown weeds, are intake by the Property Maintenance Inspector at 3 Executive Park Drive (615-590-4662 / pmcomplaint@hvilletn.org). IPMC § 302.4 is the operative weed standard; per IPMC § 202 ('Weeds'), regulated growth is 'all grasses, annual plants and vegetation, other than trees or shrubs provided; however, this term shall not include cultivated flowers and gardens.' Tennessee does not maintain a residential statewide noxious-weed list, but the Tennessee Invasive Plant Council (TN-IPC, formerly Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, TN-EPPC) publishes the authoritative invasive-plant list relied upon by state agencies, MTAS-modeled local ordinances, and Tree City USA program guidance. Common Middle Tennessee invasives include kudzu, Chinese privet, Bradford (callery) pear, tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Japanese honeysuckle, autumn olive, mimosa, and bush honeysuckle. Property owners may remove TN-IPC-listed invasive plants without violating City weed standards, and removal of invasive trees is typically not a tree-protection violation provided land-disturbance triggers (Title 18) are observed.
The Property Maintenance Inspector issues a Notice of Violation with a deadline to abate (mow/cut). Failure to comply leads to a citation under the City's adopted IPMC framework and, where the adopting ordinance authorizes, City-contracted abatement billed back to the property. Continued violations may be referred to Hendersonville Municipal Court.
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