§ 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 […]
§ 13-24-403. Construction and Applicability of Part
This part shall be construed to maximize investment in wireless connectivity across the state by creating a uniform and predictable framework that limits local obstacles to deployment of small wireless facilities in the ROW and to encourage, where feasible, shared use of public infrastructure and colocation in a manner that is the most technology neutral […]
§ 13-24-404. Local Option and Local Preemption
Nothing in this part requires any local authority to promulgate any limits, permitting requirements, zoning requirements, approval policies, or any process to obtain permission to deploy small wireless facilities. However, any local authority that promulgates limits, permitting requirements, zoning requirements, approval policies, or processes relative to deployment of small wireless facilities shall not impose limits, […]
§ 13-24-405. Existing Law Unaffected
This part does not: Create regulatory jurisdiction for any subdivision of the state regarding communications services that does not exist under applicable law, regardless of the technology used to deliver the services; Restrict access granted by § 65-21-201 or expand access authorized under § 54-16-112; Authorize the creation of local taxation in the form of […]
§ 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.
§ 13-24-101. 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.