Hendersonville does not codify STR-specific quiet hours or a decibel table separate from the citywide noise framework. STR guests in the permitted commercial zones (OTC, GC) and at any legacy-protected residential STR are subject to the general noise prohibition in the Hendersonville Municipal Code, enforced by the Hendersonville Police Department on a plain-audibility / disturbance standard. The functional teeth on STR noise come from two parallel mechanisms: (1) the Use and Occupancy Permit condition that the operator manages guest behavior and responds promptly to complaints, with persistent complaints providing grounds for permit non-renewal, and (2) the Tennessee Short-Term Rental Unit Act at TCA 13-7-603(a)(3), which terminates legacy STR grandfather protection on three or more violations of generally applicable local laws including noise citations.
Hendersonville enforces noise from short-term rentals through the same general-municipal framework that applies to any property. The Hendersonville Municipal Code contains a general noise prohibition (Title 11 General Offenses framework) that prohibits loud, unusual, or disturbing noises that interfere with the peace, comfort, or repose of neighbors. The standard is complaint-driven and based on plain audibility or disturbance rather than calibrated decibel measurements. The Hendersonville Police Department (non-emergency 615-822-1111; STR-specific reporting line 615-451-3838) responds to active noise complaints and may issue citations directly to the guest, the operator, or both. The Codes Department handles pattern complaints and their impact on the Use and Occupancy Permit. STR-specific exposure to noise enforcement comes from two layers above the citywide rule. First, the Use and Occupancy Permit issued for commercial-zone STRs treats the operator as responsible for ensuring that the rental does not become a neighborhood nuisance; persistent noise complaints can be cited at permit renewal as grounds for non-renewal. Second, and uniquely critical for the small pool of Hendersonville STRs that survive only because of TCA 13-7-603 pre-October-2016 legacy protection, three or more violations of generally applicable local laws at a property permanently terminate legacy status. Noise citations qualify as 'generally applicable local law' violations under TCA 13-7-603(a)(3). Given Old Hickory Lake's late-night party-house attraction (lakefront dock parties, boat-to-shore amplified music, late-arriving guest cohorts), prudent operators post 10 p.m.-7 a.m. quiet hours in their house rules, install Minut or NoiseAware monitoring devices, and require guests to acknowledge the rules at booking. A single bad weekend that generates a citation can be one third of the way to permanently losing a legacy property's STR rights.
Loud or disturbing noise from a Hendersonville STR is enforceable under the Hendersonville Municipal Code by the Hendersonville Police Department (615-822-1111 non-emergency; 615-451-3838 STR-specific line) for active disturbances, with fines set by the city's general penalty schedule. The operator (Use and Occupancy Permit holder), not just the guest, is responsible for the operational condition of the permit, and patterns of noise complaints at the address can be raised at permit renewal as grounds for non-renewal. The most consequential exposure is statewide: under TCA 13-7-603(a)(3), three or more violations of generally applicable local laws (including noise) terminate the Tennessee STR Act legacy grandfather protection, permanently disqualifying a pre-October-2016 legacy STR that was previously protected. The three-strike rule is property-specific (it attaches to the parcel, not the operator), so transferring the LLC or rebranding the listing does not reset the count. Hosting amplified-event parties, weddings, lakefront receptions, or boat-staging events at an STR is independently actionable as a use violation regardless of whether the event triggers a noise citation - the Use and Occupancy Permit authorizes only short-term lodging, not event-venue use.
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