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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Apr 22, 2022

Court: TN Attorney General Opinions

Hearing Date: 04/13/2022

Opinion Number: 7

Question: Does Tenn. Code Ann. 13-7-114 exempt from county zoning regulation cotton gins, grain elevators, slaughterhouses, processing plants, and milk bottling plants?

Opinion: No, there is no blanket exemption from county zoning regulation for cotton gins, grain elevators, slaughterhouses, processing plants, or milk bottling plants. A structure housing these operations is exempt from county zoning regulations only if the structure is located on lands devoted to agricultural purposes and is incidental to the underlying agricultural enterprise.

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