§ 13-24-406. Prohibited Activities
An authority shall not: Enter into an exclusive arrangement with any person for use of a ROW for the construction, operation, marketing, or maintenance of small wireless facilities; Discriminate by prohibiting an applicant from making any type of installation that is generally permitted when performed by other entities entitled to deploy infrastructure in a ROW […]
§ 13-24-302. Facilities Included
Such facilities include those essential to the provision of telephone and telegraph services such as central office exchanges and microwave towers which require a specific location in order to provide the most efficient service to the public.
§ 13-24-303. Regulations Allowed
The exclusion of location from local regulation does not preclude the exercise of reasonable municipal and county police powers including, but not limited to, permit requirements, landscaping, off-street parking or set-back lines as an exercise of police powers.
§ 13-24-304. Planning for and Regulating the Siting of Wireless Telecommunications Support Structures
A municipal, county or regional planning commission or any municipal or county legislative body, referred to as an authority in this section and § 13-24-305, that has adopted planning and zoning regulations, may plan for and regulate the siting of wireless telecommunications support structures in accordance with locally adopted planning or zoning regulations and this […]
§ 13-24-305. Limits on Regulation of Wireless Telecommunications Support Structures
In regulating the placement of a wireless telecommunications support structure, an authority may not: Regulate the placement of an antenna or related equipment for an existing wireless telecommunications support structure; provided, however, that, if the placement of an antenna on an existing wireless telecommunications support structure requires an extension, such placement may be regulated, if […]
§ 13-24-401. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Competitive Wireless Broadband Investment, Deployment, and Safety Act of 2018.”
§ 13-24-402. Part Definitions
As used in this part: “Aesthetic plan” means any publicly available written resolution, regulation, policy, site plan, or approved plat establishing generally applicable aesthetic requirements within the authority or designated area within the authority. An aesthetic plan may include a provision that limits the plan’s application to construction or deployment that occurs after adoption of […]
§ 13-24-101. Purpose — Meaning of “Person With a disability.”
It is the purpose of this part to remove any zoning obstacles which prevent persons with a disability from living in normal residential surroundings. As used in this part, “person with a disability” does not include persons who have a mental illness and, because of such mental illness, pose a likelihood of serious harm as […]
§ 13-24-102. Homes in Which Persons With Disabilities Reside Classified as Single Family Residence
For the purposes of any zoning law in Tennessee, the classification “single family residence” includes any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated persons with disabilities reside, and may include three (3) additional persons acting as support staff or guardians, who need not be related to each other or to any of the persons […]
§ 13-24-103. Precedence Over Other Laws
This part takes precedence over any provision in any zoning law or ordinance in Tennessee to the contrary.