7-51-1121 - Part not exclusive or preemptory of local laws or regulations. - Tennessee Statutes

7-51-1121. Part not exclusive or preemptory of local laws or regulations.

(a)  Nothing in this part shall preempt or prevent political subdivisions in this state from enacting and enforcing other lawful and reasonable restrictions, regulations, licensing, zoning, and other criminal, civil or administrative provisions concerning the location, configuration, code compliance, or other business operations or requirements of adult-oriented establishments and sexually-oriented businesses. Except as specified in this part, such other lawful and reasonable restrictions, regulations, licensing, and other criminal, civil, or administrative provisions shall not be a basis for the board's denying, revoking, or suspending a license or permit under this part.

(b)  Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) or any other law to the contrary, if a city or other political subdivision in this state chooses to enact and enforce its own regulatory scheme for adult-oriented establishments and sexually-oriented businesses, then the provisions of this part shall not apply within the jurisdiction of such city or other political subdivision.

[Acts 1998, ch. 1090, § 1; 2001, ch. 183, § 15.]