General Assembly Raised Bill No. 311
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 1538
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 311
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 1538
*01538_______ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING CERTAIN FARM RELATED DESIGNATIONS ON HIGHWAY SIGNS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 13a-123 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(e) The following types of signs, displays and devices may, with the approval of and subject to regulations adopted by the commissioner, be permitted within the six-hundred-sixty-foot area of interstate, primary and other limited access state highways, except as prohibited by state statute, local ordinance or zoning regulation: (1) Directional and other official signs or notices, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders and scenic and historical attractions which are required or authorized by law; (2) signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of the property upon which they are located; (3) signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted on the property on which they are located; (4) directional and other official signs or notices pertaining to facilities in this state where Connecticut-made beer is manufactured or sold, including, but not limited to, signs or notices containing the words "Connecticut Brewery Trail"; (5) directional and other official signs or notices pertaining to farming that is part of the state's agriculture tourism; (6) signs, displays or advertising devices which are in place for sixty days or less; and [(6)] (7) advertising signs, displays or devices (A) located or erected on real property or abutting real property within areas owned, leased or managed by a public authority for the purpose of (i) railway or rail infrastructure facilities, including, but not limited to, associated structures located within areas zoned solely or predominantly for the development of a railway or rail infrastructure facilities, (ii) bus rapid transit corridors, including, but not limited to, the Hartford-New Britain busway project authorized in section 13b-15a, and any shelter, structure or other facility associated with the operation of such bus rapid transit corridor, (iii) airport development zones designated in section 32-75d, or (iv) any other similar transit or freight purpose, or (B) upon or within buildings, structures or other venues in the custody or control of the state and designed, operated or intended to be operated for the purpose of presenting athletic, artistic, musical or other entertainment events. Subject to regulations adopted by the commissioner and except as prohibited by state statute, local ordinance or zoning regulation signs, displays and devices may be erected and maintained within six hundred sixty feet of primary and other limited access state highways in areas which are zoned for industrial or commercial use under authority of law or located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations of the commissioner. The regulations of the commissioner in regard to size, spacing and lighting shall apply to any segments of the interstate system which traverse commercial or industrial zones wherein the use of real property adjacent to the interstate system is subject to municipal regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use, as of September 21, 1959, was clearly established under state law as industrial or commercial.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 13a-123(e)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
13a-123(e)
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for the advertising of certain farming on highway signs.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]