GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1000

Short Title:  Billboard Size, Height, and Spacing.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Holt; Easterling and Gottovi.
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Referred to:  Transportation.
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April 19, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SIZE, HEIGHT, AND SPACING OF BILLBOARDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 136-130.1.  Outdoor advertising limitations.
Outdoor advertising signs shall be erected subject to the following limitations:
(1)	The maximum area for any one sign shall be 300 square feet.  The maximum area shall apply to each side of a sign structure.
(2)	Sign faces may be placed back-to-back, side-by-side, or in a V-shape construction with not more than two faces to each side of the sign structure.  Double-decking of sign faces so that one is on top of the other is prohibited.
(3)	No two signs shall be placed less than 1,000 feet apart.
(4)	No sign structure shall be erected within 1,000 feet of an interchange or rest area.
(5)	The height of a sign structure shall not exceed 25 feet as measured from the edge of the pavement of the adjacent main traveled way.
(6)	No sign structure shall be erected closer than 25 feet to a highway right-of-way."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification, and the Department of Transportation shall issue rules to implement Section 1 of this act within 90 days of the effective date of this act.