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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 32. HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES |
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Chapter 6. REGULATION OF MAINTENANCE AND USE OF PUBLIC ROADS GENERALLY |
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Article 3. CONTROL OF SIGNS AND SIGNALS |
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Part 2. STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM |
| § 32-6-70. Declaration of policy |
| § 32-6-71. Definitions |
| § 32-6-72. Designation of outdoor advertising which may be erected or maintained within 660 feet of nearest edge of right of way |
| § 32-6-73. Designation of outdoor advertising which may be erected or maintained beyond 660 feet of nearest edge of right of way |
| § 32-6-74. Applications for permits generally; fees; renewals; transfer of permits |
| § 32-6-75. Restrictions on outdoor advertising authorized by Code Sections 32-6-72 and 32-6-73; multiple message signs on interstate system, primary highways, and other highways |
| § 32-6-75.1. Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council; membership; purpose; compensation |
| § 32-6-75.2. Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Fund; dedication of certain revenues |
| § 32-6-75.3. Application for tree trimming permit and annual renewal; forms; application fees; evaluation; criteria for trimming trees or vegetation |
| § 32-6-76. Restrictions on directional signs generally |
| § 32-6-77. Exceptions to spacing limitations contained in Code Sections 32-6-75 and 32-6-76 |
| § 32-6-78. Restrictions on public service signs |
| § 32-6-79. Permits for nonconforming signs; right of department to refuse to issue additional permits to persons maintaining illegal sign; appeal from department's decision |
| § 32-6-80. Renewal of permits for nonconforming signs; transfer of permits for nonconforming signs |
| § 32-6-81. Revocation or withholding of permits for illegal or unauthorized actions against the department's property |
| § 32-6-82. Acquisition by department of property rights in outdoor advertising which does not comply with requirements of part |
| § 32-6-83. Acquisition by municipal corporation or county of outdoor advertising which does not comply with requirements of applicable ordinances, regulations, or resolutions |
| § 32-6-84. Interests and losses which may be compensable under Code Sections 32-6-82 and 32-6-83 |
| § 32-6-85. Department's exercise of eminent domain power to acquire interests specified in Code Section 32-6-84 |
| § 32-6-86. Compensation contingent upon federal matching funds |
| § 32-6-87. Agreements with United States Secretary of Transportation |
| § 32-6-87.1. "RV friendly" markers |
| § 32-6-88. Designation of defined areas |
| § 32-6-89. Retention of directional signs, displays, and devices in defined areas |
| § 32-6-90. Promulgation of rules and regulations by department |
| § 32-6-91. Erection or maintenance of sign without permit as constituting misdemeanor |
| § 32-6-92. Maintenance of unauthorized sign as constituting misdemeanor |
| § 32-6-93. Erection or maintenance of sign without a permit as constituting a public nuisance; enjoining erection or maintenance of such sign |
| § 32-6-94. Maintenance of unauthorized sign as constituting a public nuisance; enjoining maintenance of such sign |
| § 32-6-95. Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," to part generally; affirmance of agency decision by operation of law |
| § 32-6-96. Authority of department to enter upon private lands to implement administrative decisions; reimbursement of department for expenses; return or disposition of stored sign remnants |
| § 32-6-97. Construction of part |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 32 Chapter 6 Article 3 Part 2 NOTE
CROSS REFERENCES. --Control and regulation of outdoor advertising in relation to federal highways, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. II.
LAW REVIEWS. --For comment, "The Federal Highway Beautification Act After Metromedia," see 35 Emory L.J. 419 (1986).
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Granting, renewal, and revocation of permits for outdoor advertising, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-6.
Granting, renewal, and revocation of vegetation management permits for outdoor advertising, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-14.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
O.C.G.A. PT. 2, CH. 6, T. 32 DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION by restricting outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of interstate and primary systems of highways in this state. Department of Transp. v. Shiflett, 251 Ga. 873, 310 S.E.2d 509 (1984).
O.C.G.A. PT. 2, CH. 6, T. 32 IS A PROPER EXERCISE OF THE POLICE POWERS, as the statute provides for compensation for property rights in signs which were lawfully in existence on the statute's effective date. Department of Transp. v. Shiflett, 251 Ga. 873, 310 S.E.2d 509 (1984).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF PERMITS FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES. --Department of Transportation may issue permits for outdoor advertising devices, and renew such permits, within districts zoned "Forest-Agricultural" in Glynn County if the activities permitted in the district without further action of the zoning authority are commonly and generally recognized as commercial by the department in the department's uniform application of the law. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-24.
LAW REVIEWS. --For comment, "The Federal Highway Beautification Act After Metromedia," see 35 Emory L.J. 419 (1986).
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Granting, renewal, and revocation of permits for outdoor advertising, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-6.
Granting, renewal, and revocation of vegetation management permits for outdoor advertising, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Department of Transportation, Chapter 672-14.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
O.C.G.A. PT. 2, CH. 6, T. 32 DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION by restricting outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of interstate and primary systems of highways in this state. Department of Transp. v. Shiflett, 251 Ga. 873, 310 S.E.2d 509 (1984).
O.C.G.A. PT. 2, CH. 6, T. 32 IS A PROPER EXERCISE OF THE POLICE POWERS, as the statute provides for compensation for property rights in signs which were lawfully in existence on the statute's effective date. Department of Transp. v. Shiflett, 251 Ga. 873, 310 S.E.2d 509 (1984).
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF PERMITS FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DEVICES. --Department of Transportation may issue permits for outdoor advertising devices, and renew such permits, within districts zoned "Forest-Agricultural" in Glynn County if the activities permitted in the district without further action of the zoning authority are commonly and generally recognized as commercial by the department in the department's uniform application of the law. 1975 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 75-24.