§ 9-21-4-6 — Advertising signs, signals, and devices; placement on or over roadway; prohibition; removal

Indiana § 9-21-4-6

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 9: MOTOR VEHICLES
• Art. 21: TRAFFIC REGULATION
• Ch. 4: Traffic Control Devices

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(a) A person may not place, maintain, or display
an advertising sign, signal, or device on or over the roadway of a
highway.
(b) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign,
signal, or device on a highway in a city between the curb and sidewalk.
If the curb and sidewalk join, a person may not place, maintain, or
display on the sidewalk an advertising sign, signal, or device closer
than ten (10) feet from the curb line. Overhanging signs may not
overhang the curb.
(c) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign
or device of any character within one hundred (100) feet of a highway
outside the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town that
obstructs the view of:
(1) the highway; or
(2) an intersecting highway, street, alley, or private driveway;
of a person traveling the highway for a distance of five hundred (500)
feet or less from the sign or device as the person approaches the
highway or intersecting highway.
(d) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign
or a device of a permanent or semipermanent character on a highway
right-of-way.
(e) Each sign, signal, or marking prohibited under this section is
declared to be a public nuisance. The authority having jurisdiction over
the highway may remove or cause to be removed the prohibited sign,
signal, or marking without notice.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-38(b); (c); (d); (e);
(f).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9.