Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly As used in sections 5516.01 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code: (A) “Advertising device” includes any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or any other contrivance that is owned or operated by a person or entity that […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly No advertising device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of a highway on the interstate system except the following: (A) Advertising devices that are located in commercial or industrial zones traversed by […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly The director of transportation shall adopt, amend, and enforce rules, consistent with the customary use of outdoor advertising, the safety of the traveling public, and national policy as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such rules may include, […]
Effective: September 16, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 230 – 125th General Assembly (A) Any advertising device that violates section 5516.02, 5516.06, 5516.061, or 5516.062 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder, or that is being maintained without a validly issued permit, is a public and private nuisance, and shall be removed. Immediately […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may designate any portion of any of the following as a scenic byway: (1) The interstate system; (2) The national highway system; (3) The primary system; (4) Any state, county, municipal, or township road or highway. (B) […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly No advertising device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of a highway on the primary system except the following: (A) Advertising devices located in zoned or unzoned industrial or commercial areas adjacent […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly (A) No advertising device shall be erected outside of urban areas further than six hundred sixty feet from the right-of-way of the main traveled way of a highway on the interstate or primary system if such device would be visible from such […]
Effective: September 16, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 230 – 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall erect, use, maintain, operate, construct, or cause or permit to be erected, used, maintained, operated, or constructed any advertising device that is located both inside an urban area, as defined by section 5516.061 of the Revised Code, and […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly All nonconforming advertising devices shall be maintained, subject to the provisions of sections 5516.10 and 5516.12 of the Revised Code. A nonconforming advertising device found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted thereunder […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly (A) The director of transportation, or a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority, may order the removal of nonconforming advertising devices that are lawfully maintained pursuant to section 5516.07 of the Revised Code, or under a zoning ordinance or regulation. […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly Unless otherwise provided by law, both of the following are prohibited: (A) The use of the right-of-way of a limited access highway for construction, maintenance, or copy change of a lawful advertising device; (B) The use of the right-of-way of any highway […]
Effective: September 16, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 230 – 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall do either of the following without first obtaining a permit and permit plates from the director of transportation: (1) Erect, use, maintain, operate, construct, or cause or permit to be erected, used, maintained, operated, or constructed, any advertising […]
Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly This chapter does not affect the authority of a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority to zone areas for commercial or industrial purposes under its respective zoning laws. Whenever a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority has adopted […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly The director of transportation may disapprove, cancel, or revoke any permit requested or issued under this chapter if the director determines any of the following: (A) That the application for the permit contains materially false, misleading, or inaccurate information; (B) An advertising […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly The director of transportation shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated to the director by sections 5516.02 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code, in accordance with rules the director shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly The director may issue a permit to any sign owner who has a lawful permit issued pursuant to section 5516.10 of the Revised Code to remove, cut, and trim vegetation located on the right-of-way of any highway of the interstate or primary […]
Effective: January 1, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 26 – 132nd General Assembly Any fees or fines collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund created in section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to be used by the director of transportation solely for purposes […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly A sign may be displayed adjacent to an interstate highway system that uses light-emitting diode lighting if the sign is located within the boundaries of a tourism development district designated by a township under section 503.56 of the Revised Code or a […]
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of sections 5516.01 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code, or rules adopted thereunder, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.
