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34	29		BILL NO. 2791 By: Stinson of the House
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38	34		Thompson (Kristen) of the
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45	42		An Act relating to transportation; amending 69 O.S.
46	43		2021, Section 1273, which relates to outdoor
47	44		advertising definitions; defining term; and providing
48	45		an effective date.
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53	50		BE IT ENACTED BY THE P EOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
54	51		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 69 O.S. 2021, Section 1273, is
55	52		amended to read as follows:
56	53		Section 1273. As used in Section 1271 et seq. of this title:
57	54		(a) "Sign", "outdoor advertising" or "outdoor advertising
58	55		device" means any outdoor sign, display, devi ce, notice, figure,
59	56		painting, drawing, message, placard, poste r, billboard or other
60	57		thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise or in form,
61	58		but shall not include surface ma rkers showing the location or route
62	59		of underground utility facilities or p ipelines or public telephone
63	60		coin stations installed for emerg ency use.
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91	87		(b) "Main traveled way" means the traveled way of a highway on
92	88		which through traffic is carried. In the case of a divided highway,
93	89		the traveled way of each of the separated roadways for traffic in
94	90		opposite directions is a main traveled way. It does not include
95	91		such facilities as frontage roads, turning roadways or parking
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97	93		(c) "To erect" and its variants means to construct, build,
98	94		raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw or in any
99	95		other way bring into being or establish . But these shall not
100	96		include any of the foregoing activities when performed as i ncident
101	97		to the change of advertising m essage or customary maintenanc e of the
102	98		sign structure.
103	99		(d) "Unzoned commercial or industrial areas " means those areas
104	100		which are not zoned by state or local law, regulation or ordinance,
105	101		and on which there is located o ne or more permanent structures
106	102		devoted to a commercial or industria l activity or on which a
107	103		commercial or industrial activity is actually conducted, whether or
108	104		not a permanent structure is located thereon, and the area along the
109	105		highway extending outward six hundred (600) feet from and beyond the
110	106		edge of such activity on both sides of the highway. Provided ,
111	107		however, the unzoned area shall not include land on the opposite
112	108		side of an interstate or dual-laned limited access primary highway
113	109		from the commercial or industrial activity establishing t he unzoned
114	110		commercial or industrial area or land on the opposite side of other
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142	137		federal-aid primary highways, which land is deemed sceni c by an
143	138		appropriate agency of the state.
144	139		All measurements shall be from the outer edges of the regularly
145	140		used buildings, parking lots, storage or proc essing areas of the
146	141		commercial or industrial activities, not from the property lines of
147	142		the activities, and shall be along or parallel to the edge of
148	143		pavement of the highway. Such an area shall not include any area
149	144		which is beyond six hundred sixty (660) feet from the nearest edge
150	145		of the right-of-way. In unzoned commercial or industrial areas ,
151	146		signs shall not be located:
152	147		(1) Within three hundred (300) feet of any building used
153	148		primarily as a residence, unless the owner of the
154	149		building consents in writing to allow the sign to
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156	151		(2) Within five hundred (500) feet of any of the
157	152		following: public park, garden, recreation area or
158	153		forest preserve, church, school and officially
159	154		designated historical battlefield.
160	155		All spacing considerations are determined by whether or not they
161	156		exist within the adjac ent or control area.
162	157		(e) "Commercial and industrial activities" means those
163	158		activities, clearly visible from the main traveled way, generally
164	159		recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this
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192	186		state, except that none of the following sha ll be considered
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194	188		(1) Agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and
195	189		related activities, including, but not lim ited to,
196	190		wayside fresh produce stands;
197	191		(2) Outdoor advertising structures;
198	192		(3) Transient or temporary activities ;
199	193		(4) Activities more than six hundred sixty ( 660) feet from
200	194		the nearest edge of the right-of-way;
201	195		(5) Activities conducted in a building princi pally used as
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203	197		(6) Railroad tracks and minor sidings.
204	198		(f) "Official signs" means signs and noti ces erected and
205	199		maintained by public officers or public agencies within their
206	200		territorial jurisdiction and pursuant to and in accordance with
207	201		direction or authorization contained in federal or state law for the
208	202		purposes of carrying out an official duty or responsibility.
209	203		(g) "Informational signs" means signs containing directions or
210	204		information about public places owned or operated by federal, st ate
211	205		or local governments or their agencies, publicly or privately owned
212	206		natural phenomena, historic, cultural, e ducational and religious
213	207		sites, and areas of n atural scenic beauty or naturally suited for
214	208		outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of t he traveling
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243	236		(h) "On-premise activities signs " means signs advertising
244	237		activities conducted upon the pr operty on which the signs are
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246	239		(i) "On-premise sale or lease signs" means signs advertising
247	240		the sale or lease of property on which they are located.
248	241		(j) "Interstate highway" means any highway at any time
249	242		officially designated a part of the Nation al System of Interstate
250	243		and Defense Highways b y the Department and approved by the
251	244		appropriate authority of the federal government.
252	245		(k) "Primary highway" means the Federal-aid Primary System in
253	246		existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which is not on th at
254	247		system but is on the National Highway Syste m.
255	248		(l) "Centerline of the highway" means a line equidistant from
256	249		the edges of the median separati ng the main traveled ways of a
257	250		divided highway, or the centerline of the main traveled way of a
258	251		nondivided highway.
259	252		(m) "Adjacent area" or "control area" means the area which is
260	253		adjacent to and within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest
261	254		edge of the right-of-way on any interstate or primary highway within
262	255		urban areas, which six -hundred-sixty-foot distance shall be measured
263	256		horizontally along a line perp endicular to, or ninety (90) degrees
264	257		to, the centerline of the highway. Outside of urban areas, a djacent
265	258		area or control area means the area which is visible from the main
266	259		traveled way on any interstate or pri mary highway.
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294	286		(n) "Business area" means any part of a control area which is:
295	287		(1) Within six hundred sixty (660) feet of the nearest
296	288		edge of the right-of-way and zoned for business,
297	289		industrial or commercial activities under the
298	290		authority of any state zonin g law, or city or county
299	291		zoning ordinance of t his state; or
300	292		(2) Not so zoned, but which constitutes an unzoned
301	293		commercial or industrial area as herein defined.
302	294		(o) "Department" means the Department of Transportation of the
303	295		State of Oklahoma.
304	296		(p) "Maintain" means to hold or keep in a state of efficie ncy
305	297		or validity, to support or sustain, by cleaning or repairing the
306	298		sign or changing the message on its face.
307	299		(q) "Visible" means capable of being seen without visual aid by
308	300		a person of normal visual acuity.
309	301		(r) "License" means the privilege to do busin ess in the State
310	302		of Oklahoma having been granted by an official agency.
311	303		(s) "Permit" means the privilege to erect a sign or signs in an
312	304		individual location within the State of Oklahoma having been granted
313	305		by an official agency.
314	306		(t) "License fee" means the monetary consideration paid for the
315	307		privilege of doing business in the State of Oklahoma.
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343	334		(u) "Permit fee" means the monetary consideration paid for the
344	335		privilege of erecting a sign or signs in a specific lo cation within
345	336		the State of Oklahoma.
346	337		(v) "Urban area" means an urbanized area or, in the case of an
347	338		urbanized area encompassing more than one s tate, that part of the
348	339		urbanized area in each such state, or an urban place as designated
349	340		by the Bureau of the C ensus having a population of five thousand
350	341		(5,000) or more and not within any urbanized area, within boundaries
351	342		to be fixed by responsible state and local officials in cooperation
352	343		with each other, subject to approval by the Secretary of
353	344		Transportation. Such boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass t he
354	345		entire urban place designated by the Bureau of the Census.
355	346		(w) "Relocation permit" means a permit issued pursuant to the
356	347		provisions of subparagraph (d) of paragraph (3) of Section 1275 of
357	348		this title. A relocation permit shall have precedence over any
358	349		municipal or county restriction that interferes with the intended
359	350		purpose of providing a method an d opportunity to minimize the cost
360	351		of acquiring legally erected outdoor advertising signs by the
361	352		Department; provided, however, for those municipalities with a
362	353		population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000) based on the
363	354		most recent census data, ne ither a relocation permit nor any outdoor
364	355		advertising sign permit shall be issued in those areas in which a
365	356		municipality or county has lawfully enacted a proh ibition on the
366	357		erection of an outdoor advertising sign. This section shall not
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394	384		prohibit a registered sign owner from seeking just compensation
395	385		through a legal proceeding.
396	386		(x) "Playground" means an outdoor space that contains
397	387		permanently affixed playgroun d equipment where the primary use is
398	388		for children to play, excluding those spaces where the equipm ent is
399	389		an accessory use to a commercial enterp rise. Playground equipment
400	390		located on privately owned residential properties, where the pri mary
401	391		use is to serve the personal re sidence, shall also not be
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403	393		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
404		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICS AND TRANSPORTATION
405		-	April 11, 2023 - DO PASS
	394	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of March, 2023.
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	403	+	Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2023.
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