Section 54-17-206 - Advertising structures, junkyards, and trash dumping(a) 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.(b) 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.(c) The following signs are excepted from this part:(1) Official signs and notices, including directional and warning signs, authorized or required by law;(3) Signs other than outdoor advertising devices, as defined in § 54-21-102, if such signs: (A)(i) 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(ii) 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;(B) Do not contain any flashing, intermittent, or moving lights; and(C) 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.Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 706, s 6, eff. 6/22/2020.Acts 1982, ch. 865, § 7; 1984, ch. 613, §§ 1, 2, 4; 1990, ch. 873, § 1; 1991, ch. 233, § 1.