13-24-102 - Homes in which mentally retarded, mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons reside classified as single family residence. - Tennessee Statutes

13-24-102. Homes in which mentally retarded, mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons reside classified as single family residence.

For the purposes of any zoning law in Tennessee, the classification “single family residence” includes any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally retarded, mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons reside, and may include three (3) additional persons acting as houseparents or guardians, who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally retarded, mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons residing in the home.

[Acts 1978, ch. 863, § 2; 1979, ch. 361, § 2; T.C.A., § 13-2402; 1999, ch. 204, § 1.]