Above-Ground Pool permits across Tennessee
Where each city draws the line on above-ground pool work. Sort any column — useful if you build across several towns and need to know where the rules change.
The statewide starting point is International Residential Code, принятый Теннесси, 2018. Cities that changed the rule are the interesting rows below.
| Where the line falls | Fee | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville | 704,963 | Depends | From 24 in deep | $5.00 per $1,000 total valuation (residential construction) |
| Memphis | 610,919 | Yes | From 24 in deep | — |
| Knoxville | 198,722 | Yes | From 24 in deep | Per Fee Schedule adopted by City Council resolution |
| Chattanooga | 191,496 | Yes | From 24 in deep | — |
| Clarksville | 185,690 | Depends | From 24 in deep | Electrical permit for swimming pools and hot tubs: $32.00 (… |
| Murfreesboro | 168,387 | Yes | From 24 in deep | — |
| Franklin | 89,142 | Depends | From 24 in deep | — |
| Johnson City | 73,635 | Depends | From 24 in deep | The Board of Commissioners may set a permit fee schedule (S… |
| Jackson | 69,303 | Depends | From 24 in deep | Fee schedule as approved by city council resolution (§ 12-2… |
| Hendersonville | 63,947 | Depends | From 24 in deep | — |
| Smyrna | 60,302 | Depends | From 24 in deep | — |
| Kingsport | 57,109 | Depends | Under 24 in deep | — |
| Gallatin | 52,489 | Depends | From 24 in deep | Current permit fee schedules are available in the Building … |
| Brentwood | 45,525 | Depends | From 24 in deep | — |
| Mount Juliet | 44,066 | Depends | From 24 in deep | — |
| La Vergne | 41,430 | Depends | From 24 in deep | As set forth in the fee schedule adopted with the annual bu… |
| Germantown | 40,128 | Depends | From 24 in deep | — |
| Morristown | 32,994 | Depends | Under 24 in deep | Based on current fee schedule approved by Morristown City C… |
| Bristol | 27,867 | Depends | From 24 in deep | Permit fees shall be set by resolution of city council and … |
| Farragut | 25,242 | Depends | From 24 in deep | Permit fees set by the general fee schedule resolution adop… |
| Springfield | 19,842 | Depends | From 24 in deep | Fees established by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen by sepa… |
| Goodlettsville | 17,433 | Depends | Under 24 in deep | — |
| Nolensville | 15,809 | Depends | From 24 in deep | As provided by ordinance of the Board of Commissioners, on … |
“Unconfirmed” means the city's code doesn't state the rule plainly enough to publish. Those city pages link straight to the ordinance section instead.
Why neighboring cities disagree
Every city starts from a model code and then edits it. One town raises the shed cutoff, the next lowers the fence height, a third exempts the structure where its neighbor only exempts repairs to it. None of that is visible from a national article — you have to read each ordinance, which is what these pages do.