§ 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.
§ 54-18-101. Cooperative Planning Agreements Authorized
The department of transportation, with the cooperation of the department of economic and community development, and counties, cities and towns of the state, with the cooperation of their respective planning commissions, are authorized to enter into cooperative planning agreements that provide for a continuing and comprehensive transportation planning process. Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, […]
§ 54-18-102. Organizational Framework Included in Agreement
Cooperative agreements shall include an organizational framework for carrying out the planning process in a manner that ensures that decisions are reflective of, and responsive to, both the programs of the department of transportation and the needs and desires of the local governments. Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 130, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 54-17-115. Building Restrictions Near Scenic Highways
The exposed portion of buildings constructed or erected on property located within one thousand feet (1,000′) of a scenic highway shall not exceed a height of thirty-five feet (35′) above the level of the highway on property located below the level of the highway, or a height of thirty-five feet (35′) above the ground line […]
§ 54-17-116. Effect of Designation — Existing Building Permits — Construction of Part
Designation of a road or highway as a scenic highway under this part shall be presumed to arise from the public necessity and to protect the public good. Section 54-17-115 shall become effective immediately upon designation of a road or highway as a scenic highway, the issuance of any building permit to the contrary notwithstanding, […]
§ 54-17-201. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Parkway System Act.”