Unincorporated Knox County places no cap on the number of nights a property may be rented short-term. There is no minimum-stay or maximum-nights-per-year rule because the county has no STR ordinance.
Knox County has adopted no short-term rental ordinance, so it imposes no annual night cap, minimum-stay, or maximum-rental-days limit in the unincorporated area. A stay of fewer than 30 continuous days is treated as taxable transient lodging for occupancy-tax purposes, but that tax rule does not cap how many nights per year a property may host guests. The City of Knoxville may set its own operating limits for permitted STRs. Tennessee's STR Unit Act constrains how local governments may restrict established units going forward.
No county night-cap penalty exists in the unincorporated area. Occupancy-tax non-filing (for stays under 30 days) triggers interest and penalties as set on the county tax return.
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Knox County does not prohibit backyard composting for households. The zoning code only regulates commercial-scale composting facilities, which are solid-wast...
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Knox County has no ordinance regulating artificial turf on residential property. Synthetic lawns are neither required nor banned; large installations should ...
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Knox County has no rule requiring native plants in home yards, but its zoning ordinance requires native shade trees in new parking lots and along streets in ...
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Knox County has no ordinance prohibiting or specially regulating residential rain barrels or rainwater collection. Tennessee does not restrict rainwater harv...
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Knox County does not impose a general ordinance restricting lawn or garden watering days or hours. Any watering limits come from your individual water utilit...
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Knox County treats vines, grass, weeds and other vegetation that reaches 12 inches or more as a presumed public nuisance on residential property. Owners must...
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