No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet (1,000′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, except the following:

(1) Those that are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight;

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-20-104

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-20-103
  • 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
  • Junkyard: includes scrap metal processors, used auto parts yards, yards providing temporary storage of automobile bodies or parts awaiting disposal as a normal part of the business operation, when the business will continually have like materials located on the premises, garbage dumps and sanitary landfills. See Tennessee Code 54-20-103
  • Main traveled way: means the traveled way of a highway on which through traffic is carried. See Tennessee Code 54-20-103
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(2) Those located within areas that are zoned for industrial use under authority of law;
(3) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations to be promulgated by the commissioner; and
(4) Those that are not visible from the main traveled way of the system.
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