Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1512.Placement, maintenance or display of unauthorized signs,
signals, markings or devices.
(a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any
highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to
be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or
railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of
an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority
permit upon any highway any official traffic control
device bearing thereon any
commercial advertising, except for business signs included as part of
official motorist service panels or roadside area information panels approved
by the secretary of transportation.
(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon
private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(d) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway
is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without
notice.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1512;
L. 1995, ch. 188, § 4; July 1.
Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1512.Placement, maintenance or display of unauthorized signs,
signals, markings or devices.
(a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any
highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to
be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or
railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of
an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority
permit upon any highway any official traffic control
device bearing thereon any
commercial advertising, except for business signs included as part of
official motorist service panels or roadside area information panels approved
by the secretary of transportation.
(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon
private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(d) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway
is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without
notice.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1512;
L. 1995, ch. 188, § 4; July 1.
Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD
8-1512.Placement, maintenance or display of unauthorized signs,
signals, markings or devices.
(a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any
highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to
be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or
railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of
an official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal.
(b) No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority
permit upon any highway any official traffic control
device bearing thereon any
commercial advertising, except for business signs included as part of
official motorist service panels or roadside area information panels approved
by the secretary of transportation.
(c) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon
private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
(d) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to
be a public nuisance and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway
is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed without
notice.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1512;
L. 1995, ch. 188, § 4; July 1.
