306C.1 Definitions. For the purposes of this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 2. “Interstate highway” includes “interstate road” and “interstate system” and means any highway of the national highway system at any time officially designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense […]
306C.10 Definitions. For the purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Adjacent area” means an area which is contiguous to and within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any primary highway. 2. “Advertising device” means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, […]
306C.11 Advertising prohibited. Subject to the provisions made in section 306C.13 regarding control of bonus interstate highways and section 306D.4 regarding scenic highways or byways, an advertising device shall not be erected or maintained within any adjacent area, or on the right-of-way of any primary highway, except the following: 1. a. Advertising devices within the […]
306C.12 None visible from highway. An advertising device shall not be constructed or reconstructed beyond the adjacent area in unincorporated areas of the state if it is visible from the main-traveled way of any primary highway. Any advertising device permitted beyond an adjacent area in unincorporated areas of the state shall be subject to the […]
306C.13 Control by department of transportation. The department shall control the erection and maintenance of advertising devices authorized by section 306C.11, subsection 1, in accord with the following criteria, except that in the case of bonus interstate highways the department shall maintain the controls required under chapter 306B or the controls required by this subchapter, […]
306C.14 Existing signs — six-year limit. Any advertising device lawfully in existence in an adjacent area on July 1, 1972, which does not conform with the provisions of this subchapter, shall be required to be brought into conformity or removed within six years after July 1, 1972. Any advertising device lawfully erected after said date […]
306C.15 Acquisition of signs. The department shall acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of any of the following advertising devices which are not in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter: 1. Advertising devices lawfully in existence on July 1, 1972. 2. Advertising devices lawfully in existence […]
306C.16 Compensation. Compensation required by section 306C.15 or 306C.24 shall be paid for the following: 1. The taking from the owner of such advertising device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in such advertising device. 2. The taking from the owner of real property on which an advertising device is located, of the right […]
306C.17 Condemnation. The provisions of chapters 6A and 6B shall be applicable to any such condemnation commenced pursuant to this subchapter, and the department may take immediate possession of and remove such advertising devices under the procedures of section 6B.25. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.17] 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
306C.18 Permit required. The owner of every advertising device regulated by section 306C.11, subsection 1, shall be required to make application to the department for a permit. 1. The application for a permit shall be on a form provided by the department and shall contain the name and address of the owner of the advertising […]
306C.19 Removal after notice. Any advertising device erected or maintained after July 1, 1972, in violation of this subchapter or the rules promulgated by the department, is a public nuisance and may be removed by the department upon thirty days’ notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the advertising device and to the owner […]
306C.2 Junkyards prohibited — exceptions. A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway on the national highway system, except: 1. Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means obscuring […]
306C.20 Bonus funds agreements. The department shall enter into agreements with the duly constituted federal authorities in order to secure for the state all bonus federal funds allotted and appropriations to the state and to avoid loss or reduction, under 23 U.S.C. §131, of federal aid funds apportioned or to be apportioned to the state […]
306C.21 Information centers and rest areas. 1. The department may establish or enter into agreements with private persons, firms, or corporations for the establishment of information centers in rest areas on the interstate, freeway primary, and primary highways, subject to the approval of the appropriate authority of the federal government. After January 1, 1997, private […]
306C.22 Political signs. Repealed by 2003 Acts, ch 8, §6 .
306C.23 Special event signs. Repealed by 2021 Acts, ch 39, §15.
306C.24 Compensation for sign removal. 1. Definition. As used in this section, “off-premises advertising device” means an advertising device which does not qualify as an “on-premises sign” under rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A. 2. Just compensation required. Political subdivisions of this state shall not remove, take, alter, or cause to be […]
306C.3 Junkyards lawfully in existence. 1. Any junkyard located outside a zoned or unzoned industrial area lawfully in existence on July 1, 1972, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled portion of any highway on the interstate system shall be screened, if feasible, by […]
306C.4 Requirements as to screening. The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance of screening or fencing required by this chapter including materials to be used. However, such rules shall be in accordance with the standards, criteria and rules promulgated under authority of Tit. 23, United States […]
306C.5 Acquisition of land for screening or removal. When the department determines that it is in the best interests of the state, it may acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, as provided by law, such property or rights or interests in property as may be necessary to provide adequate screening for junkyards. When the […]
