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Time2go,
I am not trying to degrade your ideas. I think it would be great but you have to realize that you may hold the deed to the property but there are limits to what you can do. Those restrictions are there to protect the rights of others that may be affected by your actions. They won't kill you but they can and will put you in jail and take your property. The legal system has all the tools it needs.
If you are really serious then talk to a lawyer. See what a real estate attorney can do to help you. You can't get far enough from people to do what ever you want without consequences. Structures have to meet minimum codes and you have to have no severe effects on your neighbors.
I know you're not SheepDog. Everything you have said is true. I don't have issues with truth. It is what it is. lol.
Addressing some of your post, yes.... I am aware of, and generally agree with "real" environmental issues. I understand I cannot just buy the property and build a damn and start charging everyone below me for electricity. Nor can I dump 400 gallons of 100% arsenic in the creek per day either........
So to your point, from what I have read so far about TN water laws --- I came to the conclusion that I do in fact have access to and can use the water any way I see fit AS LONG AS > it falls under "reasonable" use.
Now to me , that translates to > If just me and my wife are living on the land, and I'm BARELY generating enough electric to provide for our needs ---- while simultaneously NOT harming the "stream" - that is reasonable use.
If I build a hydro station capable of providing power to 20 homes....... yeah, that'd be a problem.
But yes, you are correct - ish. There's always a grey area. What I mean by that is you spoke of codes. My father builds houses so I am aware.
But then we start to venture off into grey areas. Why are those codes there? Is it a "dwelling" < big key word............
Now the state might say - Well........ technically you could build a smaller structure than what we require in the state to consider a "dwelling"...... and technically, yes, I suppose you could live there ----- we won't like it ----- but we can't really stop you either.
HOWEVER: Upon the sale of the "property" - *I* would not legally be allowed to say or advertise that the property has a "home." The state would not recognize it as a dwelling in other words.
If that is the case: Deal. Cause I'm never gonna sell this property. Over my dead body. Lol.
My point is, I had an inspector tell me one time that people try to do this all the time but ....... to his knowledge, only a few had the mental capacity to understand > Buy an RV. On wheels. It's a "vehicle" , not a dwelling..........and ergo......we can't do a damn thing about it.
There's always grey areas. Cracks / work arounds. Unfortunately the outside world and it's system makes it very difficult to break away from their system........
I wonder why that is? Freedom. God knows we can't have that. lol.