(a) Whenever a road or highway has been designated part of the system, it is unlawful for any person to construct, use, operate or maintain any sign, except as provided in subsection (c) or § 54-17-109, or junkyard within two thousand feet (2,000′) of any road or highway that is a designated part of the system and that is located either outside the corporate limits of any city or town or at any place within a tourist resort county, as defined in § 42-1-301.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-17-108

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-5-103
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. 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
  • 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
(b) The commissioner is authorized to acquire an outdoor advertising device or junkyard by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and to pay just compensation for the removal of these devices and junkyards.
(c) Any outdoor advertising device lawfully in existence prior to the designation of the scenic byway may be maintained, repaired, or reconstructed according to the original application for the outdoor advertising permit.
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