Tennessee Statutes
§ 54-17-205 — Existing outdoor advertising structures
Tennessee·Title 54
(a)Whenever a road or highway has been designated part of the Tennessee parkway system, it is unlawful for any person to construct, use, operate, or maintain any sign, except as provided in subsection (c) or § 54-17-206 , 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 .
(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 structures and junkyards.
(c)Any outdoor advertising device lawfully in existence prior to the designation of the parkway may be maintaine
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Legislative History
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 706, s 5, eff. 6/22/2020. Acts 1982, ch. 865, § 6.
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