In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Advertise” means to establish an outdoor display by painting, pasting, or affixing on any surface, a picture, emblem, word, figure, numeral, or lettering for the purpose of making anything known;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-17-103

  • Advertise: means to establish an outdoor display by painting, pasting, or affixing on any surface, a picture, emblem, word, figure, numeral, or lettering for the purpose of making anything known. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
  • Facility: means a commercial or industrial facility, or other facility open to the public, that operates with regular business hours on a year-round basis within a building or defined physical space, which may include a structure other than a building, together with any immediately adjacent parking areas. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • On-premises device: means a sign:
    (A) That is located within fifty feet (50') of, and on the same parcel of property and on the same side of the highway as, the facility that owns or operates the sign or within fifty feet (50') of, and on the same parcel of property and on the same side of the highway as, the entrance to the parcel of property upon which two (2) or more facilities are located. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Scenic highway: means any highway, road, or sections of the highway or road designated as a scenic highway from time to time by the general assembly under this part. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
  • Sign: means an outdoor sign, light, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main traveled way of an interstate system or primary system. See Tennessee Code 54-17-103
(2) “Directional sign” means an official sign that identifies a site, attraction, or activity and directional information useful to a traveler in locating the site, attraction, or activity, including mileage, route numbers, or exit numbers;
(3) “Facility” means a commercial or industrial facility, or other facility open to the public, that operates with regular business hours on a year-round basis within a building or defined physical space, which may include a structure other than a building, together with any immediately adjacent parking areas; provided, that activity conducted in a temporary structure or a structure operated only on a seasonal basis may be considered a facility for the purpose of allowing an on-premises device to be located on the same property, but the device is only allowed on a temporary basis during the period the facility is actually conducting activity;
(4) “On-premises device” means a sign:

(A) That is located within fifty feet (50′) of, and on the same parcel of property and on the same side of the highway as, the facility that owns or operates the sign or within fifty feet (50′) of, and on the same parcel of property and on the same side of the highway as, the entrance to the parcel of property upon which two (2) or more facilities are located; and
(B) For which compensation is not being received and not intended to be received;
(5) “Outdoor advertising device”:

(A) Means a sign that is operated or owned by a person or entity that is earning compensation directly or indirectly from a third party or parties for the placement of a message on the sign; and
(B) Does not include a sign that is an on-premises device or other type of sign exempt from regulation under this chapter;
(6) “Scenic highway” means any highway, road, or sections of the highway or road designated as a scenic highway from time to time by the general assembly under this part; and
(7) “Sign” means an outdoor sign, light, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main traveled way of an interstate system or primary system.
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