§ 54-21-118. Restrictions on New Outdoor Advertising Devices
After July 1, 2001, permits shall not be issued pursuant to this chapter for any new outdoor advertising device in which two (2) or more displays are stacked one (1) above the other. Outdoor advertising devices with two (2) or more displays stacked one (1) above the other that were legally erected on or before […]
§ 54-21-119. Changeable Message Signs
Changeable message signs may be double faced, back to back, or V- type signs. Changeable message signs with a digital display that meet all other requirements pursuant to this chapter are permissible subject to the following restrictions: The message display time must remain static for a minimum of eight (8) seconds with a maximum change […]
§ 54-21-120. Removal of Nonconforming Device That Is Destroyed
A nonconforming outdoor advertising device that is destroyed is no longer permitted and must be removed, except when the outdoor advertising device is destroyed by vandalism or some other criminal or tortious act.
§ 54-21-105. Failure to Comply With § 54-21-104 — Effect
Any owner of any outdoor advertising device who has failed to act in accordance with § 54-21-104 must remove the outdoor advertising device immediately. Failure to remove the outdoor advertising device renders the outdoor advertising device a public nuisance and subject to immediate disposal, removal, or destruction. In addition, the commissioner has the authority to […]
§ 54-21-106. Disposition of Fees
All fees received by the commissioner under § 54-21-104 must be paid into the state treasury and placed in the highway fund for the administration of this chapter, and any fees received in excess of those administration costs shall be allocated to the department’s general fund.
§ 54-21-107. Acquisition by Commissioner of Outdoor Advertising Devices Along the Interstate and Primary Highway Systems
The commissioner is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and to pay just compensation upon the removal of the following outdoor advertising devices in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems: Those lawfully in existence on April 4, 1972; and Those lawfully erected on or after April 4, 1972. Compensation is […]
§ 54-21-108. Restrictions on Outdoor Advertising Devices Adjacent to State Highways
Control of outdoor advertising devices, as provided in §§ 54-21-103 and 54-21-104, is extended to outdoor advertising devices located beyond six hundred sixty feet (660′) of the edge of the right-of-way of the federal-aid interstate or primary systems outside of urban areas erected with the purpose of their message being read from the main traveled […]
§ 54-21-109. Damage, Destruction, or Removal of Signs or Markers on State Highway System
A person shall not erect any sign, or affix another sign to or on any sign erected under the authority of the department, on any right-of-way of any state highway without authorization from the department.
§ 54-21-110. Information for Traveling Public
In order to provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the commissioner is authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of interest within the state and providing other information considered […]
§ 54-21-111. Power of Commissioner to Enforce Provisions — Rulemaking
The commissioner is given authority to and shall, within sixty (60) days of June 22, 2020, begin promulgating and enforcing only those rules as necessary to carry out this chapter and 23 U.S.C. § 131; provided, that the commissioner by rule shall establish procedures for accepting and resolving written complaints related to signs that are […]