Chapter 479 Outdoor Advertising
- 479.01 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Automatic changeable facing" means a facing which through a mechanical system is capable of delivering two or more...
- 479.015 Legislative intent with respect to regulation of signs in areas adjacent to state highways.
The control of signs in areas adjacent to the highways of this state is declared to be necessary to protect the public investment in the...
- 479.02 Duties of the department.
It shall be the duty of the department to: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and the agreement between the state and the...
- 479.03 Jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation; entry upon privately owned lands.
The territory under the jurisdiction of the department for the purpose of this chapter shall include all the state. Employees, agents, or independent contractors working...
- 479.04 Business of outdoor advertising; license requirement; renewal; fees.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of outdoor advertising in this state without first obtaining a license therefor from the department. Such license shall...
- 479.05 Denial or revocation of license.
The department has authority to deny or revoke any license requested or granted under this chapter in any case in which it determines that the...
- 479.07 Sign permits.
(1) Except as provided in ss. 479.105(1)(e) and 479.16, a person may not erect, operate, use, or maintain, or cause to be erected, operated, used, or...
- 479.08 Denial or revocation of permit.
The department has the authority to deny or revoke any permit requested or granted under this chapter in any case in which it determines that...
- 479.10 Sign removal following permit revocation.
A sign shall be removed by the permittee within 30 days after the date of revocation of the permit for the sign. If the permittee...
- 479.105 Signs erected or maintained without required permit; removal.
(1) Any sign which is located adjacent to the right-of-way of any highway on the State Highway System outside an incorporated area or adjacent to the...
- 479.106 Vegetation management.
(1) The removal, cutting, or trimming of trees or vegetation on public right-of-way to make visible or to ensure future visibility of the facing of a...
- 479.107 Signs on highway rights-of-way; removal.
(1) Any sign located on the right-of-way of a highway on the State Highway System or on any portion of the interstate or federal-aid primary highway...
- 479.11 Specified signs prohibited.
No sign shall be erected, used, operated, or maintained: (1) Within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any portion of the interstate...
- 479.111 Specified signs allowed within controlled portions of the interstate and federal-aid primary highway system.
Only the following signs shall be allowed within controlled portions of the interstate highway system and the federal-aid primary highway system as set forth in...
- 479.12 Outdoor advertising on highways.
Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mileboard, milestone, danger sign, signal, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, or historical marker...
- 479.14 Disposition of fees.
All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by it into the State Treasury and placed in the...
- 479.15 Harmony of regulations.
(1) No zoning board or commission or other public officer or agency shall issue a permit to erect any sign which is prohibited under the provisions...
- 479.155 Local outdoor advertising or sign ordinances.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to supersede the rights and powers of counties and municipalities to enact outdoor advertising or sign...
- 479.156 Wall murals.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality or county may permit and regulate wall murals within areas designated by such government. If a...
- 479.16 Signs for which permits are not required.
The following signs are exempt from the requirement that a permit for a sign be obtained under the provisions of this chapter but are required...
- 479.21 Willfully or maliciously removing, destroying, damaging, or altering permitted signs; penalty.
Any person who willfully or maliciously removes, damages, destroys, tampers with, or alters in any way a sign for which a permit has been issued...
- 479.24 Compensation for removal of signs; eminent domain; exceptions.
(1) Just compensation shall be paid by the department upon the department's removal of a lawful nonconforming sign along any portion of the interstate or federal-aid...
- 479.25 Erection of noise-attenuation barrier blocking view of sign; procedures; application.
(1) The owner of a lawfully erected sign that is governed by and conforms to state and federal requirements for land use, size, height, and spacing...
- 479.261 Logo sign program.
(1) The department shall establish a logo sign program for the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system to provide information to motorists about available gas, food,...
- 479.262 Tourist-oriented directional sign program.
(1) A tourist-oriented directional sign program to provide directions to rural tourist-oriented businesses, services, and activities may be established in rural counties identified by criteria and...
- 479.27 Highway beautification and tourism promotion pilot project.
(1) The Legislature finds that Interstate Highway 75 is used extensively by tourists and other visitors to reach their ultimate vacation, recreation, and business destinations in...
- 479.28 Rest area information panel or device program.
(1) The department shall implement a rest area information panel or device program in the rest areas along the interstate highway system and the federal-aid primary...
- 479.30 Radio advisory program for limited access highways.
(1) The department shall test and, if economically feasible, implement a low-frequency radio advisory program on limited access highways. The purpose of the program is to...
