§ 54-17-204. Route and Promotional Markers
The department of transportation is directed to erect suitable route and promotional markers for the parkway system. The cost of erecting the markers shall be paid from appropriations made to the department of transportation.
§ 54-17-205. Existing Outdoor Advertising Structures
Whenever a road or highway has been designated part of the Tennessee parkway system, it is unlawful for any person to construct, use, operate, or maintain any sign, except as provided in subsection (c) or § 54-17-206, or junkyard within two thousand feet (2,000′) of any road or highway that is a designated part of […]
§ 54-17-206. Advertising Structures, Junkyards, and Trash Dumping
The provisions of the Scenic Highway System Act of 1971, compiled in part 1 of this chapter, regarding signs, outdoor advertising devices, junkyards, and trash dumping applies to the Tennessee parkway system. If a conflict exists between this part and part 1 of this chapter regarding signs, outdoor advertising devices, junkyards, and trash dumping, due […]
§ 54-17-207. Additions to System — Designation Powers of Commissioner
Additions to the parkway system shall be part of the system of state highways, and the commissioner of transportation shall have the same powers set forth in §§ 54-5-101 and 54-5-102 with regard to designating the parkway system as the commissioner has to designate the system of state highways.
§ 54-17-208. Severability
If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this part are declared to be severable.
§ 54-17-110. Removal or Abatement of Advertising Structures and Junkyards
Any advertising structure or junkyard that is constructed or erected in violation of this part constitutes a public nuisance subject to abatement as provided by law. If the advertising structure or junkyard is declared a nuisance, it shall immediately be removed or abated and for that purpose the district attorney general or the district attorney […]
§ 54-17-111. Trash Dumping Prohibited — Penalties
Dumping or disposal of trash or refuse within five hundred feet (500′) of the highway right-of-way is specifically prohibited, and the usual penalties for littering state highways are doubled in the case of scenic highways.
§ 54-17-112. Criminal Sanctions
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this part commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each and every day during which a violation of any provision of this part continues is deemed a separate offense. The attorney general and reporter, the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the violation occurs or […]
§ 54-17-113. Statutory Conflict
Whenever a provision of this part is found to be in conflict with a provision of any private or public act or local ordinance or code, the provision that establishes the higher standard for promotion and protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people shall prevail; provided, that §§ 54-17-108 and 54-17-115 shall […]
§ 54-17-114. Designated Scenic Highways — Designated Urban Roads Not to Be Impaired
For the purposes of this part, the following are initially designated scenic highways: Class I — Urban Roads. That portion of Kingston Pike bearing the designation of State Highway 1 and United States Highway 11-70 in Knox County from its intersection with Concord Street and Neyland Drive in the City of Knoxville westward to the […]