Franklin Zoning Ordinance

23 392 Chapter Defined Terms DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS Franklin Zoning Ordinance Effective December 8, 2020 String Lights Small white electric lights spaced evenly along a cable and used for decoration and/or low level lighting. Structure Anything constructed or erected requiring more or less permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having permanent location on the ground, excluding wheels. Subdivision Regulations The Franklin Subdivision Regulations a dopted on April 15, 1966, and as subsequently amended. Substantial Damage Damage of any origin sustained by a structure, whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. The market value is determined either by the assessed value of the structure per the Williamson County Property Assessor, plus an additional 15 percent of that assessed value, or by independent appraisal by a State of Tennessee licensed or certified real estate appraiser.. In calculating the substantial damage, construction improvement costs are tracked cumulatively over a five year period. Substantial Improvement For the purposes of Section 17.6, Floodplain Regulations, any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, alteration, or other improvement of a structure in which the cost equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure before the “start of construction” of the initial improvement. This term includes structures which have incurred “substantial damage”, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The market value is determined by the assessed value of the structure per the Williamson County Property Assessor, plus an additional 15 percent of that assessed value, or by independent appraisal by a State of Tennessee licensed or certified real estate appraiser. In calculating the substantial improvement, construction improvement costs are tracked cumulatively over a five year period. The term does not, however, include either: (1) Any project for improvement of a structure to correct existing violations of State or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been pre-identified by the local code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions and not solely triggered by an improvement or repair project or; (2) Any alteration of a “historic structure”, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure’s continued designation as a “historic structure.” Substantially Improved Existing Manufactured Home Parks or Subdivisions For the purposes of Section 17.6, Floodplain Regulations, where the repair, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement of the streets, utilities andpads equals or exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the value of the streets, utilities and pads before the repair, reconstruction or improvement commenced. t Teardown The act or process of disassembling,