GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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SENATE BILL 150*

Short Title:     Outdoor Adv. Vegetation Removal Changes.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Jenkins; and Jones.
Referred to:	Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

February 14, 2007

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to change the DEPARTMENT of TRANSPORTATION outdoor advertising selective vegetation removal policy to authorize a five hundred foot removal zone, as recommended by the joint legislative transportation oversight committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 136-133.1. Outdoor advertising selective vegetation removal zone.

The maximum removal area for vegetation for each sign face shall be determined as follows:

(1) The point located on the edge of the right-of-way that is the closest point to the centerline of the sign face shall be point A.

(2) The point located 200 feet down the right-of-way line in the direction of the sign viewing zone shall be point B.

(3) The point on the edge of the pavement of the travel way that is the closest to the centerline of the sign shall be point C.

(4) The point 50 feet down the edge of the pavement in the direction of the sign viewing zone from point C shall be point D.

(5) The point 500 feet down the edge of pavement in the direction of the sign viewing zone from point C shall be point E.

(6) Lines drawn from point A to point D and from point B to point E shall define the limits of the vegetation removal area."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.