Shed permits across Tennessee
Where each city draws the line on shed 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 | Over 200 sq ft | When a residential building permit is needed, the fee is $5… |
| Memphis | 610,919 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Knoxville | 198,722 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | Building permit fees are set in the city Fee Schedule adopt… |
| Chattanooga | 191,496 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Clarksville | 185,690 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Murfreesboro | 168,387 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | Permit fees are set by the City Council; no amount is liste… |
| Franklin | 89,142 | Yes | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Johnson City | 73,635 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | The Board of Commissioners may set a permit fee schedule (S… |
| Jackson | 69,303 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Hendersonville | 63,947 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Smyrna | 60,302 | Depends | Over 100 sq ft | — |
| Kingsport | 57,109 | Depends | Over 120 sq ft | — |
| Gallatin | 52,489 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | Current permit fee schedules are available in the Building … |
| Brentwood | 45,525 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Mount Juliet | 44,066 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| La Vergne | 41,430 | Depends | Over 120 sq ft | Set by the fee schedule adopted with the annual budget. |
| Germantown | 40,128 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Morristown | 32,994 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Bristol | 27,867 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | Permit fees set by resolution of city council (§ 14-33(b));… |
| Farragut | 25,242 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Springfield | 19,842 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Goodlettsville | 17,433 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
| Nolensville | 15,809 | Depends | Over 200 sq ft | — |
“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.