Section 5516.15 | Disposition of Fees.
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 […]
Section 5516.20 | Tourism Development District Interstate Signage; Lighting.
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 […]
Section 5516.99 | Penalty.
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.
Section 5516.14 | Application for Vegetation Permit.
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 […]
Section 5516.06 | Requirements for Advertising Devices Along State Primary Highways.
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 […]
Section 5516.061 | Requirements for Advertising Devices Outside Urban Areas.
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 […]
Section 5516.062 | Prohibiting Advertising Devices Outside Urban Areas Without Permit.
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 […]
Section 5516.07 | Nonconforming Advertising Devices.
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 […]
Section 5516.08 | Eminent Domain Actions Against Nonconforming Devices.
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. […]
Section 5516.09 | Use of Right-of-Way.
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 […]