property tennessee
Tennessee, a-1 zone - can I rent out on Airbnb?
<p>We are planning on purchasing land in Sevier County, Tennessee, with the intention of setting up a mobile home and then renting it out on Airbnb. The lot has A-1 zoning. Is this legal?</p>

<p>It's not impossible. Here are <a href="https://www.seviercountytn.org/uploads/1/9/7/9/19797123/zoning_resolution_amended_4-15-2019.pdf" rel="noreferrer">the regulations</a>. Single- and two-family dwellings are legal, as are mobile homes. But the activity is not necessarily allowed (since you aren't residing there). &quot;Customary home occupations&quot; are allowed, but that means businesses customarily run out of a home like making / selling homemade arts &amp; crafts, selling antiques, education, but also &quot;Any other uses which the Board of Zoning Appeals finds to be of similar character&quot;. However, &quot;Public Uses&quot; are allowed with an approved site plan, spelled out in §303; or &quot;Rural businesses&quot; with similar approved plan. This means you have to give lots of information about the site and the plan has to be approved. There doesn't seem to be a specific prohibition, and the use seems consistent with the principle that</p>
<blockquote>
<p>This district is created to establish and preserve areas with
agricultural and rural qualities by allowing for traditional
Agricultural Uses along with low-density residential activities</p>
</blockquote>
<p>but the Sevier County Board of Zoning Appeals might feel otherwise. A counter-indication is that §504.3.1 lists for R-2M zones &quot;Bed and Breakfast Inns, limited to a maximum of four (4) bedrooms for rent&quot;, thus the zone must be more residential for B&amp;B usage to be accepted.</p>
<p>Since the standards are not clear, the only solution is to officially inquire with the Zoning Board.</p>
