• ♦Manual Notice 2004-2
• ►1. Introduction
  • ♦1. Overview
• ►2. Authority for Sign and Junkyard Control
  • ►1. Federal Laws & Regulations
    • ♦Federal Law
    • ♦Federal Regulations
  • ►2. State Law
    • ♦Authority
  • ►3. State Agreement with U.S. Department of Transportation
    • ♦Authority
  • ►4. Commission Minute Orders
    • ♦Authority
• ►3. TxDOT Organizational Responsibilities for Sign and Junkyard Control
  • ►1. ROW Division & District Responsibilities
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦ROW Division
    • ♦Districts
• ►4. Control of OAS under the Highway Beautification Act
  • ►1. Jurisdiction
    • ♦Scope of Control
• ►5. Outdoor Advertising License
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦General
  • ►2. Outdoor Advertising License Application
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Individuals
    • ♦Corporations
  • ►3. Outdoor Advertisers Bond
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►4. License Approval, Duration, and Renewal
    • ♦Procedure
    • ♦Further Compliance Required on License Submission
    • ♦Duration of Outdoor Advertising License
    • ♦Renewal of Outdoor Advertising Licenses
  • ►5. License Suspensions, Revocations, Appeals, and Amendments
    • ♦Temporary Suspension
    • ♦Permanent Suspension and/or Revocation of License
    • ♦Notice and Appeal of Permanent Suspension or Permanent Revocation
    • ♦Amendment of Outdoor Advertising License
• ►6. Sign Permits - Interstate or Primary Highways
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►2. Sign Permit Application
    • ♦Requirements
    • ♦Staking and Sketch
    • ♦Permission from Property Owner
    • ♦Inspection
    • ♦Permit Plates
  • ►3. Permit Renewal, Duration, and Transfer
    • ♦Renewal of Outdoor Advertising Sign Permits
    • ♦Duration of State Outdoor Advertising Sign Permits
    • ♦City Permits
    • ♦Transfer of State Advertising Sign Permits
  • ►4. Replacement Plates for Outdoor Advertising Signs
    • ♦Replacement Procedure
    • ♦Transmittal of Fees
    • ♦Supply of Plates
    • ♦Disposition of Used Permit Plates
  • ►5. Conversion of Rural Road Permits and Registrations
    • ♦Procedure
  • ♦6. New Highway or Change in Highway Designation
• ►7. Municipal Control of Signs
  • ►1. Municipal Control
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦District Responsibility
    • ♦Minimum Controls
    • ♦Municipal Criteria
    • ♦Observation and Documentation
    • ♦Decertification
    • ♦Reinstatement
  • ►2. Transfer of Municipal Control
    • ♦Transfer of Control to the State
    • ♦Requirements Subsequent to Transfer of Control
• ►8. Control of OAS along Interstate or Primary Highways
  • ►1. Sign Standards
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Establishing Commercial and Industrial Areas
    • ♦Zoned Commercial or Industrial Areas
    • ♦Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas
    • ♦Proximity to Right of Way
    • ♦Two Separate and Adjacent Activities
    • ♦Measurements
    • ♦Test for Residential
    • ♦Commercial or Industrial Activities
    • ♦Effect of Cessation of Activities
    • ♦Spacing
    • ♦Size
    • ♦Overall Height
    • ♦Lighting and Movement of Signs
    • ♦Wind Load Pressure
  • ►2. Continuance of Nonconforming Signs
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Normal or Reasonable Repair and Maintenance
    • ♦Substantial Change
    • ♦Damage
    • ♦Abandonment
    • ♦Removal
  • ►3. Destruction of Trees/Violation of Control of Access
    • ♦Overview
  • ►4. Cancellation of Permits
    • ♦Requirements
  • ►5. Appeal Process for Permit Denials
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►6. Enforcement
    • ♦Administrative Hearing
    • ♦Removal of Sign
    • ♦Penalties for Erecting a Sign without a Permit
  • ►7. Exempt Signs
    • ♦Exempt Types
    • ♦On-Premise Sign Criteria
  • ►8. Prohibited Signs
    • ♦Prohibited Types
  • ►9. Directional Signs
    • ♦Definition
    • ♦Registration
    • ♦Message Content
    • ♦Selection Method and Criteria
    • ♦Prohibited Directional Signs
    • ♦Size
    • ♦Lighting and Movement
    • ♦Spacing
  • ►10. Nonprofit Signs
    • ♦Procedure
  • ►11. Relocation
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Permit
    • ♦Priority of Location
    • ♦Spacing
    • ♦Size, Configuration and Construction
    • ♦Cessation of Activities
    • ♦Waiver of Damages
    • ♦Bisection
    • ♦Relocation within a Certified City
• ►9. Control of OAS along Rural Roads
  • ►1. Authority for Sign Control on Rural Roads
    • ♦State Statute and Commission Rules
    • ♦Administration of Program
    • ♦TxDOT Control
    • ♦City Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
  • ►2. Sign Permits
    • ♦Preliminary Requirements
    • ♦State Rural Road Off-Premise Sign Permits
    • ♦Inspection
    • ♦Permit Number
    • ♦Duration of State Rural Road Sign Permits
    • ♦Renewal of Rural Road Sign Permits
    • ♦Transfer of State Rural Road Sign Permits
    • ♦Registrations of Existing Off-Premise Rural Road Signs
    • ♦Transfer of State Rural Road Sign Registrations
    • ♦Transmittal of Fees
  • ►3. Exempt Signs
    • ♦Exempt Types
  • ►4. Prohibited Signs
    • ♦Prohibitions
  • ►5. Sign Standards
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Location
    • ♦Face Restrictions
    • ♦Height
    • ♦Spacing
    • ♦Lighting
    • ♦Wind Load Pressure
    • ♦Repair and Maintenance
  • ►6. On-Premise Signs
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦On-Premise Sign Erectors
  • ►7. Board of Variance
    • ♦Overview
  • ►8. Enforcement
    • ♦Request for Administrative Hearing
    • ♦Notice and Appeal
    • ♦Administrative Hearing
    • ♦Removal of Sign
    • ♦Penalties for Violations
    • ♦Displacement of Signs Outside Highway ROW under the Highway Beautification Act
• ►10. Control of Junkyards
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Regulation
    • ♦Controlled Area
    • ♦New Junkyards
    • ♦Existing Junkyards
  • ►2. Screening Standards
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Measurements
    • ♦Compliance
    • ♦Owner Action
    • ♦Screening Requirements
  • ►3. State Action and Control Measures
    • ♦State Action
    • ♦Control Measures
  • ►4. Impractical Screening Situations
    • ♦Situations
  • ►5. Means of Screening
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Alternative Means
  • ►6. Enforcement
    • ♦Inspection
    • ♦Injunction to Require Screening
    • ♦Violations
    • ♦Penalties for Violations
  • ►7. Funding Junkyard Control Projects
    • ♦Policy
    • ♦Eminent Domain

ROW Vol. 7 – Beautification

April 2004

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