Outdoor Advertising Control Act
Tennessee · Highways, Bridges And Ferries · §§ 54-21-101 to 54-21-120 · 20 sections
Overview
The act regulates billboards and other outdoor advertising devices along public highways, limiting where they may be erected — both within and beyond a set distance from the road, and with tighter restrictions near scenic highways, parks, and historic areas. It works chiefly through a permitting system covering new signs, the modernization or relocation of existing ones, and the selective cutting or removal of roadside vegetation, with defined grounds for denial and avenues for administrative appeal and judicial review. It also provides for the removal of nonconforming and illegal signs, including just compensation and condemnation procedures, and addresses notification, enforcement, the effect of zoning changes, and coordination with federal authorities in connection with federal highway aid.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-101Short title
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-102Chapter definitions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-103Restrictions on outdoor advertising devices on interstate and primary highways
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-104Permits and tags — Fees
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-105Failure to comply with § 54-21-104 — Effect
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-106Disposition of fees
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-107Acquisition by commissioner of outdoor advertising devices along the interstate and primary highway systems
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-108Restrictions on outdoor advertising devices adjacent to state highways
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-109Damage, destruction, or removal of signs or markers on state highway system
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-110Information for traveling public
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-111Power of commissioner to enforce provisions — Rulemaking
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-112Commissioner's authority to enter on property without penalty
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-113Commissioner's authority to enter into agreement with secretary of transportation
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-114Exceptions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-115Outdoor advertising on certain interstate highways prohibited — Penalty — Exceptions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-116Vegetation control permits and fees
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-117Unauthorized removal, cutting, or trimming of vegetation
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-118Restrictions on new outdoor advertising devices
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-119Changeable message signs
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-21-120Removal of nonconforming device that is destroyed
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