Knox County has no ordinance letting residents paint curbs to reserve parking, and there is no county color-code for painted curbs in the unincorporated area. Official curb markings and traffic control on public roads are set by the county/state, not by private property owners.
Painting a public curb to reserve or restrict parking is not authorized in unincorporated Knox County; there is no residential curb-painting or curb-address-painting program in the county code. Curbs and pavement markings on public roads are official traffic-control devices installed and maintained by the road authority (Knox County or TDOT for state routes) under the Tennessee MUTCD. Altering or imitating an official traffic-control device is prohibited under state law. Address numbering is handled through the county's addressing standards, not by painting the curb. Inside Knoxville, the city controls its own curb markings and any authorized curb-address programs.
Painting or altering a public curb or imitating an official traffic-control marking is not permitted and can be treated as tampering with a traffic-control device under Tennessee law.
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