19A NCAC 02E .0224      SCENIC BYWAYS

(a)  Outdoor advertising is prohibited adjacent to any highway designated as a scenic byway by the Board of Transportation after the date of the designation as scenic, regardless of the highway classification, except for outdoor advertising permitted in G.S. 136-129 (1), (2), (2a) or (3).

(b)  All lawfully erected outdoor advertising signs adjacent to a Scenic Byway that is on a controlled route for outdoor advertising shall become signs not conforming to State standards and shall be subject to all applicable outdoor advertising regulations provided in this Section. Any sign erected on a controlled route adjacent to a Scenic Byway after the date of official designation shall be an illegal sign as defined in G.S. 136-128 and G.S. 136-134.

(c)  Permits shall not be required for signs adjacent to scenic byways that were not on a controlled route for outdoor advertising. The department shall maintain an inventory of signs that were in existence at the time the route was designated a Scenic byway. Any sign erected after its designation as a Scenic Byway, except for outdoor advertising permitted in G.S. 136-129(1), (2), or (3), shall be an illegal sign as defined by G.S. 136-128 and G.S. 136-134.

(d)  Outdoor advertising signs adjacent to Scenic Byways that are not required to obtain permits shall comply with the rules in this section.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 136-129.2;

Eff. August 1, 2000;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2021.