Legal Documents of Pittman Center

"Tourist residency" (sometimes referred to as a tourist residence) is defined as the practice of renting single family residences, specifically including cabins and chalets and similar residences, including condominiums and apartments, which are not otherwise inspected by the State of Tennessee, on an overnight, weekly or other basis of less than thirty (30) days duration, to tourists and/or visitors.

Tourist residencies shall be reviewed and permitted under the adopted building codes and Life Safety 101 Code, except as exempted below, under the following criteria:

1. Tourist residency, as defined herein, consisting of three (3) or less stories, less than five thousand (5,000) gross square feet, and twelve (12) or fewer occupants shall be classified as one- and two-family dwellings. These dwellings are subject to the fire sprinkler exemptions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 68-120- 101(a)(8)(A);
2. Tourist residency, as defined herein, consisting of more than (3) stories, more than five thousand (5,000) gross square feet, or more than twelve (12) occupants, shall be classified as R-1 or R-3 as determined by the provisions of NFPA 101-Life Safety Code and the International Building Code requirements. These dwellings are not subject to the fire sprinkler exemptions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 68-120-10l (a)(8)(A).
3. Grandfathered short-term rental units, defined as "used as a short-term rental unit" under Tennessee Code Annotated, § 1 3-7-602(9) at the time of passage of this chapter shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter unless as provided under Tennessee Code Annotated, § 13-7-604 the property ceases being used as a short-term rental unit for a period of thirty (30) continuous months or has been in violation of a generally applicable local law three (3) or more separate times. (Ord. #292, Feb. 2020)