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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-18-214

  • Board: means the board of adjustment required by this part, a board of zoning appeals designated to act as a board of adjustment, a county board of adjustment, and a municipal board of adjustment. See Tennessee Code 54-18-201
  • Building: means any building, structure or improvement of any kind or part of the building, structure or improvement that through erection, construction, reconstruction, addition or alteration in any manner becomes a part of the realty. See Tennessee Code 54-18-201
  • Highway: means any public way or part of the public way, including, but not limited to, a street, avenue, highway, or road. See Tennessee Code 54-18-201

The board shall grant a permit for the construction of a building within the boundaries of a mapped highway or on a highway shown on the map proposed for abandonment when the board finds that the building will not substantially destroy the objectives of the official map.