2023 Tennessee Code
Title 7 - CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS AND ENTITIES (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-91-104)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-69-116)
Chapter 51 - MISCELLANEOUS GOVERNMENTAL AND PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS (§§ 7-51-201 — 7-51-2502)
Part 14 - ADULT-ORIENTED ESTABLISHMENTS (§§ 7-51-NEW — 7-51-1407)
Section 7-51-1402 - Hours of operation for adult-oriented establishment

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 7-51-1402 (2023)
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  • (a) No adult-oriented establishment shall open to do business before eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.), Monday through Saturday; and no such establishment shall remain open after twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, Monday through Saturday. No adult-oriented establishment shall be open for business on any Sunday or a legal holiday as designated in § 15-1-101.
  • (b) A local ordinance, resolution or private act may establish opening hours for adult-oriented establishments that are later than eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) and closing hours that are earlier than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight, but in no event may such ordinances, resolutions or private acts extend the opening hours to earlier than eight o'clock a.m. (8:00 a.m.) or the closing hours to later than twelve o'clock (12:00) midnight.

Acts 1995, ch. 421, § 3.


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