Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee

Red Boiling Springs’s own rules

• Building code adoptedAdopted

  Buildings and structures inside Red Boiling Springs city

  • 2006 International Building Code adopted by Ord. #10-13, Dec. 2010; the 2006 International Residential Code and 2006 International Energy Conservation Code were also adopted (ch. 4 and 5), plus plumbing and electrical codes.
  • Building official is whoever the mayor appoints; section 107 of the building code is deleted.
  • Code text is an MTAS copy through 2010/2013 changes; later amendments not checked.

  building code edition: 2006 International Building Code

  “the 2006 edition of the international building code2 is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as part of this code”

• Local zoningPresent

  Land inside Red Boiling Springs city limits

  • Zoning ordinance #11-2 (June 9, 2011) and amendments are published separately and of record in the city clerk's office; the code page copy was last updated in 2013 (Change 10).

  “land use within the city of red boiling springs shall be referred to as "the red boiling springs municipal zoning ordinance," and any amendments thereto.”

• Off-grid sanitationLimited

  Privies, septic tanks and cesspools inside Red Boiling Springs city

  • Unlawful 'except as hereinafter provided or as otherwise permitted by ordinance or regulation' (private sewage disposal provisions in § 18-303 not reviewed).

  “except as hereinafter provided or as otherwise permitted by ordinance or regulation, it shall be unlawful to construct or maintain any privy, privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of sewage.”

• Mandatory utility hookupConditional

  Residential and other occupied properties inside Red Boiling Springs city that abut or are sufficiently close to a public sanitary sewer

  • Connection is required 'upon demand by the city'.
  • Applies where the property abuts a street or way containing a public sewer or the sewer is close enough that the property can be serviced.
  • Water connection rule not located.
  • Text of the rest of § 18-302(4) (connection timing) was not captured.

  “which have such sewer passing through or sufficiently close to such property that such property can be serviced by such sanitary sewer, shall upon demand by the city install suitable toilet facilities therein”

• Permit feesPublished (with conditions)

  Building permit fees inside Red Boiling Springs city

  • Fee schedule is a valuation-based amendment of Appendix B of the 2006 IBC, adopted Ord. #10-13 (Dec. 2010); may have been superseded.

  minimum inspection fee: >= 5 USD

  “provided, however, that the minimum fee for an inspection shall be five dollars ($5.00).”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Red Boiling Springs or Macon County directly.

• Building permit — Building permits inside Red Boiling Springs city
• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-builder exemption inside Red Boiling Springs city
• Inspections — Building inspections inside Red Boiling Springs city
• Certificate of occupancy — Certificates of occupancy inside Red Boiling Springs city
• Zoning districts — Zoning districts inside Red Boiling Springs city

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.