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TN Code § 54-12-426 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 12 - Road Improvement Districts|Part 4 - Collection of Assessments|§ 54-12-426. Surplus Funds From Assessments, Bonds, or Notes — Disposition

  When, in the making of any improvement for a road improvement district provided for in this chapter, bonds or notes of the districts have heretofore been made or hereafter sold for the purpose of providing funds for the improvement, and money is left over of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds or notes after the improvement has been paid for, for which the bonds or notes were issued and sold, the board of directors of the improvement district, with the approval of the entity exercising the former jurisdiction of the monthly county court having jurisdiction of the cause in which the district was created shall have the power to disburse the surplus funds for further improving the roads in the district as may be deemed best, or the surplus funds and money may be used by paying all or in part any assessment made on the lands of the district and not yet collected, in which event the particular assessment, or part of the assessment, need not be collected; or the surplus of funds may be used in purchasing and retiring any of the bonds or notes issued; provided, that they can be bought at not above par with any accrued interest on the bonds or notes.   The board of directors, with the approval of the court, has the right and power to dispose of surplus funds in any of the methods set out in subsection (a) that the board and the court may deem best for the district, the court to concur, by its order or decree, in the disposition.
TN Code § 54-13-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 13 - Private and Local Improvements|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-13-101. Private and Local Improvements Authorized by County Legislative Body

 The county legislative body may provide for making private and local improvements, within the limits of the county, that are contemplated by article XI, §§ 9 and 10 of the Tennessee Constitution under restrictions, limitations, and conditions that in its discretion seem right and proper, such as public roads, and the like.   Code 1858, § 1257 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 1); Shan., § 1721; Code 1932, § 3047; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1701; Acts 2013, ch. 308, § 12.
TN Code § 54-13-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 13 - Private and Local Improvements|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-13-102. Navigable Stream — Obstructions Prohibited

 No county legislative body shall permit a bridge, milldam, fish trap, or other improvement to be so constructed as to interrupt or in any way injure or impair the navigation of the streams that are naturally navigable, or that have been declared to be so by law.   Code 1858, § 1259 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 4); Shan., § 1723; Code 1932, § 3049; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1703.
TN Code § 54-13-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 13 - Private and Local Improvements|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 54-13-103. Petition for Local Improvement

 Any person desiring authority to make the improvement shall present a petition to the county legislative body of the county where the improvement is to be made, setting forth the nature and object of the application.   Code 1858, § 1261 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 29, § 6); Shan., § 1725; Code 1932, § 3051; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-1705.   Proceeding by petition for building bridge or causeway, § 54-11-213.
TN Code § 54-17-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Scenic Highway System Act of 1971.”
TN Code § 54-17-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-102. Scenic Highway System Established

  There is established a system of scenic highways for the state.   The system shall consist of those highways or roads or sections of the highways or roads that are so designated by the general assembly from time to time according to this part.
TN Code § 54-17-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-103. Chapter Definitions

 In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Advertise” means to establish an outdoor display by painting, pasting, or affixing on any surface, a picture, emblem, word, figure, numeral, or lettering for the purpose of making anything known;   “Directional sign” means an official sign that identifies a site, attraction, or activity and directional information useful to a traveler in locating the site, attraction, or activity, including mileage, route numbers, or exit numbers;   “Facility” means a commercial or industrial facility, or other facility open to the public, that operates with regular business hours on a year-round basis within a building or defined physical space, which may include a structure other than a building, together with any immediately adjacent parking areas; provided, that activity conducted in a temporary structure or a structure operated only on a seasonal basis may be considered a facility for the purpose of allowing an on-premises device to be located on the same property, but the device is only allowed on a temporary basis during the period the facility is actually conducting activity;   “On-premises device” means a sign:  That is located within fifty feet (50') of, and on the same parcel of property and on the same side of the highway as, the facility that owns or operates the sign or within fifty feet (50') of, and on the same parcel of property and on the same side of the highway as, the entrance to the parcel of property upon which two (2) or more facilities are located; and   For which compensation is not being received and not intended to be received;     “Outdoor advertising device”:  Means a sign that is operated or owned by a person or entity that is earning compensation directly or indirectly from a third party or parties for the placement of a message on the sign; and   Does not include a sign that is an on-premises device or other type of sign exempt from regulation under this chapter;     “Scenic highway” means any highway, road, or sections of the highway or road designated as a scenic highway from time to time by the general assembly under this part; and   “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.
TN Code § 54-17-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-104. Purposes, Standards and Objectives

 The purposes of this part and its specific objectives and standards are to:   Provide for the recovery and conservation of natural scenic beauty along designated scenic highways;   Provide a safe and attractive environment for tourists and travelers to enjoy the scenic beauty of the state;   Maximize the potential of little used and bypassed sections of highway;   Return economic viability to distressed areas through the promotion of tourism; and   Provide for preservation of routes of historical significance in urban and rural areas of the state.
TN Code § 54-17-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-106. Severability

 If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this part are declared to be severable.
TN Code § 54-17-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-107. Management — Promotion

  Once the general assembly designates a highway or road or a portion of the highway or road as a scenic highway, the state or local agency having jurisdiction of the highway shall erect appropriate signs marking the designation, in accordance with the rules and regulations authorized to be promulgated, from funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose. The signs shall conform to standards established by the comprehensive statewide scenic highway plan; furthermore, the state or local agency having jurisdiction over the particular scenic highway shall provide proper marking, maintenance, and refuse removal services in connection with the highway.   The department of tourist development shall study each newly designated scenic highway with the intention of including it in state and national promotional campaigns. In no instance may scenic highways be promoted through advertisement on any sign, structure or advertising device other than signs used for marking scenic highways by the department of transportation or local agency having jurisdiction.   The department of economic and community development shall act to coordinate the efforts of local planning commissions, development districts, chambers of commerce, convention and visitors bureaus, and other federal, state, local, and private organizations in continuing the promotion and development of the scenic highway system.   [Deleted by 2013 amendment.]
TN Code § 54-17-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-108. Advertising or Junkyards Prohibited on Scenic Highways — Authority of Commissioner to Acquire

  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.   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.   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.
TN Code § 54-17-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-109. Excepted Signs

 The following signs are excepted from § 54-17-108:   Official signs and notices, including directional and warning signs, authorized or required by law;   Utility signs; and   Signs other than outdoor advertising devices, as defined in § 54-21-102, if such signs:    Have a sign face that does not exceed one hundred square feet (100 sq. ft.) in total area if the sign is an on-premises device; or   Have a sign face that does not exceed twelve square feet (12 sq. ft.) in total area if the sign is not an on-premises device;     Do not contain any flashing, intermittent, or moving lights; and   Are located at least one thousand feet (1,000') apart along the highway frontage if the signs are on-premises devices larger than twelve square feet (12 sq. ft.) and more than one (1) such sign is located on the same property.
TN Code § 54-17-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-110. Removal or Abatement of Advertising Structures and Junkyards

  Any advertising structure or junkyard that is constructed or erected in violation of this part constitutes a public nuisance subject to abatement as provided by law.   If the advertising structure or junkyard is declared a nuisance, it shall immediately be removed or abated and for that purpose the district attorney general or the district attorney general's duly appointed representative or any authorized representative of the state may enter onto private property without incurring any liability.   The power of eminent domain may be utilized to remove existing advertising structures or junkyards from within one thousand feet (1,000') of either side of designated Tennessee scenic highways.   Should the state fail to enforce this section, any citizen or group of citizens may institute legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to require the state to enforce this section.
TN Code § 54-17-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-111. Trash Dumping Prohibited — Penalties

 Dumping or disposal of trash or refuse within five hundred feet (500') of the highway right-of-way is specifically prohibited, and the usual penalties for littering state highways are doubled in the case of scenic highways.
TN Code § 54-17-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-112. Criminal Sanctions

  Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.   Each and every day during which a violation of any provision of this part continues is deemed a separate offense.   The attorney general and reporter, the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the violation occurs or is threatened, any state, municipal or county official or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be damaged by a violation of this part, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute injunction, mandamus, abatement or other appropriate action, actions or proceedings to prevent, enjoin or abate or remove the violation.
TN Code § 54-17-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-113. Statutory Conflict

 Whenever a provision of this part is found to be in conflict with a provision of any private or public act or local ordinance or code, the provision that establishes the higher standard for promotion and protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people shall prevail; provided, that §§ 54-17-108 and 54-17-115 shall prevail in all applicable instances, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
TN Code § 54-17-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-115. Building Restrictions Near Scenic Highways

   The exposed portion of buildings constructed or erected on property located within one thousand feet (1,000') of a scenic highway shall not exceed a height of thirty-five feet (35') above the level of the highway on property located below the level of the highway, or a height of thirty-five feet (35') above the ground line on property located above the level of the highway.   The restriction on buildings shall apply to the scenic highway, notwithstanding the route being located inside or outside a municipality and notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary.     It is the legislative intent of this section, in part, that possession of a building permit at the time a road or highway is designated a scenic highway shall not allow any future construction based on that permit.    This section shall not apply to any building in existence at the time a road or highway is designated a part of the system.   Silos and buildings designed for agricultural use are exempted from the application of this section.   Any geographic area designated by state law and managed by a development authority authorized to promote and regulate technology-based economic development is exempt from the application of this section.   Section 54-17-113 shall not apply to this section.
TN Code § 54-17-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 1 - Scenic Highway System Act of 1971|§ 54-17-116. Effect of Designation — Existing Building Permits — Construction of Part

  Designation of a road or highway as a scenic highway under this part shall be presumed to arise from the public necessity and to protect the public good.   Section 54-17-115 shall become effective immediately upon designation of a road or highway as a scenic highway, the issuance of any building permit to the contrary notwithstanding, unless construction under the permit is so substantial as to render compliance with this part unfeasible.   The designation of scenic highways by the general assembly shall not give rise to actions for damages in any court of this state. This part shall be liberally construed to effect its remedial purposes.
TN Code § 54-17-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-201. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Parkway System Act.”
TN Code § 54-17-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-202. Legislative Findings

  The state of Tennessee has abundant natural and scenic assets and recreational resources for the enjoyment of our citizens and those of other states.   Their general welfare will be enhanced by providing a road system that will promote the enjoyment of these assets and resources in accordance with this part.
TN Code § 54-17-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-204. Route and Promotional Markers

  The department of transportation is directed to erect suitable route and promotional markers for the parkway system.   The cost of erecting the markers shall be paid from appropriations made to the department of transportation.
TN Code § 54-17-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-205. Existing Outdoor Advertising Structures

  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.   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.   Any outdoor advertising device lawfully in existence prior to the designation of the parkway may be maintained, repaired, or reconstructed according to the original application for the outdoor advertising permit.
TN Code § 54-17-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-206. Advertising Structures, Junkyards, and Trash Dumping

  The provisions of the Scenic Highway System Act of 1971, compiled in part 1 of this chapter, regarding signs, outdoor advertising devices, junkyards, and trash dumping applies to the Tennessee parkway system. If a conflict exists between this part and part 1 of this chapter regarding signs, outdoor advertising devices, junkyards, and trash dumping, due to a road having been designated as being on both the scenic highway system pursuant to part 1 of this chapter and the parkway system pursuant to this part, then part 1 of this chapter shall prevail. It is the intent of the general assembly that nothing contained in this subsection (a) shall be construed as having any retroactive force or taking away any vested right or be applied to any contractual obligation.   Subsection (a) shall not apply to those parts of the system lying within any comprehensively zoned area, unless otherwise provided by the zoning regulations and within one-half (½) mile of any section of the parkway system where it crosses an interstate highway system.   The following signs are excepted from this part:  Official signs and notices, including directional and warning signs, authorized or required by law;   Utility signs; and   Signs other than outdoor advertising devices, as defined in § 54-21-102, if such signs:    Have a sign face that does not exceed five hundred square feet (500 sq. ft.) in total area if the sign is an on-premises device; or   Have a sign face that does not exceed twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) in total area if the sign is not an on-premises device;     Do not contain any flashing, intermittent, or moving lights; and   Are located at least one thousand feet (1,000') apart along the highway frontage if the signs are on-premises devices larger than twenty square feet (20 sq. ft.) and more than one (1) such sign is located on the same property.
TN Code § 54-17-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-207. Additions to System — Designation Powers of Commissioner

 Additions to the parkway system shall be part of the system of state highways, and the commissioner of transportation shall have the same powers set forth in §§ 54-5-101 and 54-5-102 with regard to designating the parkway system as the commissioner has to designate the system of state highways.
TN Code § 54-17-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 17 - Scenic Roadways|Part 2 - Tennessee Parkway System Act|§ 54-17-208. Severability

 If any provision of this part or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this part which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this part are declared to be severable.
TN Code § 54-18-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 54 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 18 - Highway Planning|Part 1 - Cooperative Planning Agreements|§ 54-18-101. Cooperative Planning Agreements Authorized

 The department of transportation, with the cooperation of the department of economic and community development, and counties, cities and towns of the state, with the cooperation of their respective planning commissions, are authorized to enter into cooperative planning agreements that provide for a continuing and comprehensive transportation planning process.   Impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 130, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 542, § 15; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A., § 54-2101; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12.   Code Commission Notes.   The state planning office, formerly referred to in this section, was changed to the department of economic and community development by the code commission in 2008.