Tennessee Code 54-20-105 – Screening by department of transportation
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-20-105
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of transportation. See Tennessee Code 54-20-103
- Department: means the department 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
- Primary system: means that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the Tennessee department of transportation, and approved by the United States secretary of transportation, pursuant to title 23 of the United States Code. See Tennessee Code 54-20-103
Any junkyard lawfully in existence on October 1, 1969, that is within one thousand feet (1,000′) of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary system, shall be screened, if feasible, by the department at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for those purposes outside the right-of-way, so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the highways, and the operator shall pay the cost of installation. The commissioner is authorized to seek federal aid funds available for the purpose of screening to help defray the operation cost.