§ 54-21-110. Information for Traveling Public
In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the commissioner is authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing other information considered […]
§ 54-21-111. Power of Commissioner to Enforce Provisions — Rulemaking
The commissioner is given authority to and shall, within sixty (60) days of June 22, 2020, begin promulgating and enforcing only those rules as necessary to carry out this chapter and 23 U.S.C. § 131; provided, that the commissioner by rule shall establish procedures for accepting and resolving written complaints related to signs that are […]
§ 54-21-112. Commissioner’s Authority to Enter on Property Without Penalty
The commissioner and all employees under the commissioner’s direction, in the performance of their functions and duties under this chapter, may enter into and upon any property, without penalty, upon which an outdoor advertising device is located and make examinations and surveys as may be relevant or dispose of the outdoor advertising device when disposal […]
§ 54-20-202. Limitation on Establishment — Exception
No automobile graveyard shall hereafter be established within five hundred feet (500′) of any state highway in this state, nor shall any automobile graveyard hereafter be established within one thousand feet (1,000′) of any state highway in this state designated as a United States route by the American Association of State Highway Officials as through […]
§ 54-20-203. Fence or Hedge Required
Any person who maintains an automobile graveyard, any part of which is within five hundred feet (500′) of any state highway, shall erect and maintain a fence or hedge around the automobile graveyard. The fence or hedge shall be at least six feet (6′) high and sufficient to conceal the automobile graveyard from the view […]
§ 54-20-204. Responsibility for Removal of Graveyard
If any automobile graveyard is located within the limitations fixed in § 54-20-202 to any state highway, the automobile graveyard is not operated as a business by anyone, is not used for any purpose whatsoever, and no one claims ownership of the automobile graveyard, then the owner or owners of the land on which the […]
§ 54-20-205. Enforcement of Provisions — Violation a Misdemeanor
Any citizen of this state may obtain a warrant for the arrest of anyone violating this part, but it is declared to be a specific duty for the members of the Tennessee highway patrol to enforce this part. A person violating any provision of this part commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each day’s subsequent violation […]
§ 54-21-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 2020.”
§ 54-21-102. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter: “Adjacent area” means that area within six hundred sixty feet (660′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of interstate and primary highways and visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or primary highways; “Changeable message sign” means an outdoor advertising device that displays a series of messages […]
§ 54-20-122. Local Regulation of Junkyards
Nothing contained in this part shall be construed as prohibiting the legislative authority of cities and towns from regulating junkyards within their respective jurisdictions; provided, that the rules or regulations are at least as stringent as those promulgated pursuant to the authority contained in this part. Any metropolitan, city or county rule, regulation, ordinance or […]