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Permitted uses in Lebanon, TN

What the Lebanon zoning ordinance says about permitted uses, district by district. Section numbers link to the official ordinance.

RS6 — Single-Family Residential 6,000

Single-family detached dwellings are the permitted principal use. Community assembly, community education, cultural and recreational services, and public services are conditional uses. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RD9 — Duplex Residential 9,000

Single-family detached and two-family detached dwellings are permitted. Bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb, community assembly, community education, and cultural and recreational services are conditional uses. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RXH — Mixed Housing

Permitted dwellings include single-family detached, two-family detached, townhome, residential court, and multifamily (maximum 8 units per building, maximum two multifamily buildings per parcel), plus essential services. Community assembly, community education, cultural and recreational services, public services, and bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb are conditional. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RM6 — Multifamily Residential 6,000

Permitted dwellings include single-family detached, two-family detached, townhome, residential court, and multifamily, plus essential services. Bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb, community assembly, community education, cultural and recreational services, intermediate impact facilities, and public services are conditional. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RMH — Mobile Home Park Residential

Permitted uses include mobile home parks plus single-family detached, two-family detached, townhome, residential court, and dorm/fraternity/sorority/boarding dwellings and essential services. Bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb, community assembly, community education, cultural and recreational services, intermediate impact facilities, and public services are conditional. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RPI — Residential, Public, Institutional

A broad mix is permitted: most dwelling types (multifamily capped at 4 units per building, one multifamily building per parcel), apartment hotel, hotel and motel, offices, medical services, food and beverage service, convenience commercial, community and cultural uses, and public services. Bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb is conditional. Residential parcels cannot exceed 85 percent of the area of each RPI polygon. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

UC — University Campus

Permitted uses include campus and residential uses (single-family through multifamily, dorm/fraternity/sorority), retail, personal services, offices, medical and professional services, food and beverage service, and community uses. Conditional uses include bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb, extensive impact facilities, community education, and cultural and recreational services. Automotive servicing, check cashing, liquor stores, sanitary landfills, smoke and vape shops, tattoo services, and tobacco/nicotine/e-cig sales are expressly prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

TOD — Transit Oriented Development

Permitted uses include townhome, residential court, and multifamily dwellings plus a wide commercial mix (retail, food and beverage, offices, medical, hotel and motel, entertainment). Residential ground-floor space is capped at 85 percent of ground-floor space per TOD polygon. Automotive servicing, kennels, and smoke and vape shops are prohibited; building materials/farm equipment and check cashing are conditional. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

DXU — Downtown Mixed Use

Permitted uses include townhome, residential court, and multifamily dwellings (maximum 12 units per building) plus downtown commercial: retail, food and beverage, offices, financial services, hotel and motel, medical, entertainment, and drive-thru pharmacy. Check cashing, gas stations, kennels, and smoke and vape shops are prohibited in DXU; liquor stores, tattoo services, and tobacco sales are prohibited only on the Square (bounded by College, Gay, Market, and Maple). Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

CXU — Commercial Mixed Use

Permitted uses include most dwelling types (multifamily maximum 8 units per building) and a broad commercial mix: retail, food and beverage, offices, hotel and motel, medical, entertainment, personal services. Bed and breakfast homestay/Airbnb, building materials and farm equipment, and check cashing are conditional. Gas pumps/stations, kennels, and smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

COM — Office and Medical

Permitted uses center on offices, medical services, health care facilities, plus residential (multifamily maximum 6 units per building), lodging, food and beverage, retail, and personal services. Secure personal and group care is conditional. Automotive servicing, gas pumps/stations, and smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Within 250 feet of listed major streets, first-story residential is not permitted (one ADA accessible rear unit excepted). Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

CS — Suburban Commercial

Permitted uses include general retail trade, food and beverage services (including drive-in/drive-thru/take-out), offices, medical, hotel and motel, entertainment, animal care and veterinarian services (except kennels), and some residential (townhome maximum 4 units per building). Automotive servicing, building materials and farm equipment, check cashing, construction sales and services, gas pumps/stations, and vehicle sales are conditional uses. Smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

CI — Interchange Commercial

Permitted uses include retail, food and beverage (including drive-thru), offices, hotel and motel, entertainment, construction sales and services, and animal care. Automotive repair and cleaning, automotive servicing, building materials and farm equipment, check cashing, and vehicle sales are conditional. Car washes and smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Single-family residential is permitted only as an accessory use or on a lot of record existing on June 6, 2023. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RPO — Rural Preservation/Open Space

Permitted uses are agricultural services, crop and animal raising (including livestock and chickens), plant and forest nurseries, and single-family detached dwellings. Community assembly, community education, cultural and recreational services, and intermediate impact facilities are conditional uses. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RS20 — Single-Family Residential 20,000

Single-family detached dwellings are the permitted principal use (plus uses envisioned in the South Hartmann Overlay where it applies). Community assembly, community education, and cultural and recreational services are conditional uses. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RS12 — Single-Family Residential 12,000

Single-family detached dwellings are the permitted principal use. Community assembly, community education, and cultural and recreational services are conditional uses. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

RS9 — Single-Family Residential 9,000

Single-family detached dwellings are the permitted principal use (plus uses allowed in the Infill Overlay where it applies). Community assembly, community education, cultural and recreational services, and public services are conditional uses. Any use not specifically allowed is prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

CF — State and County Fair

Permitted uses are fairground-oriented: amusement parks, racetracks, campgrounds, agricultural services, crop and animal raising, retail, food and beverage, entertainment, transport and warehousing, wholesale sales, and any other use reasonably consistent with Fair operations. Building materials and farm equipment is conditional. Smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

IP — Planned Business/Industrial Park

Permitted uses include light industrial, transport and warehousing, construction contractor services, offices, retail and services support (food and beverage including drive-thru, convenience commercial, hotel/motel and extended stay), automotive repair (excluding car wash) and servicing, and building materials and farm equipment. Car wash, intermediate impact facilities, and medium industrial are conditional. Data centers and smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

IL — Light Industrial

Permitted uses include light industrial, transport and warehousing, wholesale sales, construction contractor services, building materials and farm equipment, vehicle and equipment sales, automotive servicing, offices, food and beverage services, and plant and forest nurseries. Cultural and recreation services, data centers, and intermediate impact facilities are conditional. Smoke and vape shops are prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

IH — Heavy Industrial

Permitted uses include light industrial, extensive impact facilities, transport and warehousing, wholesale sales, building materials and farm equipment, medium construction service, vehicle and equipment sales, and supporting commercial. Heavy industrial, mining and quarrying, intermediate impact, adult entertainment, administrative services, and smoke and vape shops are conditional. Data centers are prohibited. Verified against the city-hosted Title 14 district PDF on 2026-07-03.

SP — Specific Plan District

An SP district is its own zoning: the adopted Specific Plan ordinance controls allowed uses, density, layout, open space, access, and phasing. Regular, hybrid, and text-only SP variants exist. Review the adopted SP ordinance and amendments for the parcel before relying on any base district rule.

PUD — Planned Unit Development (legacy)

PUD polygons on the city zoning layer are legacy planned developments approved under prior zoning. The approved plan and conditions control uses, density, and layout. Confirm the governing documents with Planning staff.

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