Murfreesboro zoning allows outdoor storage of limited boats, jet skis, ATVs and one RV/camper per dwelling, but nothing may sit in a required front yard. Smyrna limits recreational vehicles kept in the rear yard to two.
In Murfreesboro, accessory-use zoning rules permit outdoor storage of no more than one boat and boat trailer, two personal watercraft with one trailer, or two ATVs with one trailer per dwelling unit, plus one camping trailer or RV per dwelling, provided none of it sits in a required front yard. The RV cannot be lived in except for visiting relatives up to fourteen days a year. In Smyrna, boats with trailers, campers and similar recreational vehicles may be kept in the rear yard, not encroaching past the rear corner of the residence, and the number of recreational and yard-related vehicles may not exceed two. Unincorporated county land follows the Rutherford County Zoning Resolution.
Zoning-enforcement action; in Smyrna a civil penalty under the general penalty provision (Sec. 15-625), each day a separate offense. HOA covenants may impose stricter limits.
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