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SC Code § 57-23-800 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes|Section 57-23-800. Vegetation management of medians, roadsides, and interchanges along interstates.

 (A) The Department of Transportation shall conduct vegetation management of the medians, roadsides, and interchanges along the interstate highway system in accordance with the following requirements:  (1) a median of not more than eighty feet in width shall have its mowable area mowed in its entirety. A median wider than eighty feet only shall be mowed within forty feet from the edges of the pavement.  (2) a roadside shall be mowed thirty feet from the edge of the pavement. If fill slopes or back slopes are steep, one swath of the mower or not less than five feet shall be mowed on these slopes.  (3) an interchange shall be mowed in the same manner as a roadside, provided that the distance from the pavement required to be mowed may be increased to address any safety concerns involved.  (B) The mowing widths provided in subsection (A) may be increased when necessary to provide adequate visibility for signs erected by the department, when the department determines that increasing the widths is in the public interest, or upon request of the governing body of a county or municipality.  (C) The vegetation management activities conducted by the department shall not interfere in any way with the visibility of any outdoor advertising sign.  (D) If the Department of Natural Resources makes an assessment and written determination that vegetation management pursuant to this section causes an increase in safety risks because of the attraction of wildlife to a specific area along the highway, then the department may increase the distance from the pavement required to be mowed.  (E) Upon the written approval of the Department of Transportation, a county or municipality, at its own expense, may itself conduct vegetation management activities beyond vegetation management widths provided in subsection (A) if the department declines to conduct vegetation management in those areas.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 17, Section 5; 2012 Act No. 136, Section 1, eff April 2, 2012; 2012 Act No. 144, Section 1, eff April 2, 2012.
SC Code § 57-23-845 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes|Section 57-23-845. Mowing roadside vegetation; Richland County.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-23-800, or any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation may mow and maintain roadside vegetation beyond thirty feet from the pavement adjacent to:  (1) Interstate Highway 126 in Richland County;  (2) Interstate Highway 26 from mile marker 91 to mile marker 120 including exits 91, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 115, 116, and 119;  (3) Interstate Highway 20 from mile marker 50 to mile marker 66 including exits 51, 55, 58, 61, and 63; and  (4) Interstate Highway 77 from mile marker 0 to mile marker 3 including exits 1 and 2.  HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 23, Section 1, eff May 9, 2011.
SC Code § 57-23-900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes|Section 57-23-900. Western York County Scenic Byway.

 (A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 161 from Kings Mountain National Military Park near the Bethany community to South Carolina Highway 49 in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 49 between Kings Mountain Street and Liberty Street in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 5 from Congress Street to South Carolina Highway 324 in the City of York, that portion of South Carolina Highway 324 from South Carolina Highway 5 to S-46-347, that portion of S-46-347 from South Carolina Highway 324 to South Carolina Highway 322, that portion of South Carolina Highway 322 from South Carolina Highway 347 through the Town of McConnells to South Carolina Highway 49 in the Bullock Creek community, including approximately one and eight-tenths mile of a side road known as Brattonsville Road, that portion of South Carolina Highway 49 from South Carolina Highway 322 in the Bullock Creek community to South Carolina Highway 211 in the Town of Sharon, including approximately one-fourth mile of a side road known as York Street, that portion of South Carolina Highway 211 from South Carolina Highway 49 to South Carolina Highway 97 in the Town of Hickory Grove, and that portion of South Carolina Highway 97 from South Carolina Highway 211 to North Main Street in the Town of Smyrna, all being one contiguous route of approximately fifty-seven miles, is designated as the Western York County Scenic Byway. It is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.  (B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation.  HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 51, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 3, 2009).
SC Code § 57-23-1000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes|Section 57-23-1000. Falling Waters Scenic Byway.

 (A) That portion of South Carolina Highway 107 beginning at the United States Forest Service property line south of Dodge Mountain, approximately five miles north of its intersection with South Carolina Highway 28, continuing in a northerly direction to the North Carolina State line, that portion of S-37-413 beginning at its intersection with South Carolina Highway 107 continuing in a northeasterly direction to South Carolina Highway 130, and South Carolina Highway 130 from its intersection with S-37-413 continuing in a northeasterly direction to the North Carolina State line, all being connected routes totaling approximately thirteen miles, are designated as the Falling Waters Scenic Byway. Certain parts of this route previously designated as the Oscar Wigington United States Forest Service Scenic Byway, may maintain dual designation as a state scenic highway and a United States Forest Service Scenic Byway. The Falling Waters Scenic Byway is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.  (B) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement this designation.  HISTORY: 2010 Act No. 145, Section 1, eff March 31, 2010.
SC Code § 57-23-1100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes|Section 57-23-1100. Scenic byways.

 (A) South Carolina Highway 170 from the South side of the Broad River to its intersection with South Carolina Highway 462 is designated as a state scenic highway.  (B) United States Highway 278 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 170 to State Road S-80 at Sea Pines Circle on Hilton Head Island is designated as Hilton Head Island Scenic Byway.  (C) South Carolina Highway 46 from its intersection with the Jasper/Beaufort County line to its intersection with State Road S-66 in the Town of Bluffton, State Road S-66 from its intersection with South Carolina Highway 46 to its intersection with State Road S-13, and State Road S-13 from its intersection with State Road S-66 to Brighton Beach on the May River, all totaling approximately eleven miles, are designated as the May River Scenic Byway.  (D) The Department of Transportation shall install appropriate markers or signs to implement these designations.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 116, Section 1, eff February 1, 2012.
SC Code § 57-23-1150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 23 - Highway Beautification And Scenic Routes|Section 57-23-1150. Plantersville Scenic Byway.

 (A) That portion of Choppee Road (S-22-4) beginning at United States Highway 701 and continuing in a southeasterly direction for approximately 2.2 miles to Plantersville Road (S-22-52) thence, along that portion of Plantersville Road continuing in a northeasterly direction for approximately ten miles, ending at United States Highway 701 is designated as Plantersville Scenic Byway. The Plantersville Scenic Byway is subject to the regulations promulgated by the South Carolina Department of Transportation and the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee.  (B) The Department of Transportation shall install markers or signs to implement this designation.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 171, Section 1, eff May 14, 2012.
SC Code § 57-25-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-10. Unlawful to display, place, or affix posters within right-of-way.

 It is unlawful for a person to display, place, or affix a sign, as defined in Section 57-25-120(3), within a right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the highway. A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-551; 1973 (58) 247; 1990 Act No. 519, Section 1.
SC Code § 57-25-15 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-15. Highway signs.

 The prohibition of Section 57-25-10 does not extend to a welcome sign or other sign providing directions to a public facility or event erected by the governing body of a county, municipality or organized church if the sign presents no traffic hazard. If the sign is placed on a highway right-of-way, it must meet the approval of the department for size, location, and supports.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 431, Section 1.
SC Code § 57-25-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-20. Obscene or indecent billboards prohibited.

 (A) No billboard shall be erected or displayed containing obscene or indecent words, photographs, or depictions.  (B) Obscene words, photographs, or depictions must be defined and interpreted as provided in Section 16-15-305(B), (C), (D), and (E).  (C) A billboard is indecent when:  (1) taken as a whole, it describes, in a patently offensive way, as determined by contemporary community standards, sexual acts, excretory functions, or parts of the human body; and  (2) taken as a whole, it lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 519, Section 3.
SC Code § 57-25-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-30. Erection of bus shelters; location; permit requirement; fee.

 (A) Bus shelters, including those on which commercial advertisements are placed, may be erected and maintained within the rights-of-way of public roads by the State. A bus shelter located within the right-of-way of a state road shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Department of Transportation, Title 23 of the United States Code, and Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations. A bus shelter located within the right-of-way of a road other than a state road shall comply with all applicable requirements of the municipality or county within whose jurisdiction it is located.  (B) A person erecting a bus shelter shall obtain a permit for each shelter location from the Department of Transportation. The permit shall cost twenty-five dollars. Permit fees must be placed in the department's trust fund and used for public transportation purposes.  HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 93.
SC Code § 57-25-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-40. Commercial advertisement benches; application by regional transit authority or public transit operator to install.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon proper application the Department of Transportation may issue appropriate permits to a regional transit authority or public transit operator to install and maintain benches upon which commercial advertisements are placed provided that each bench will be located at one of the applicant's bus stops, the proposed location for the bench is within the right-of-way of a public road, and the applicant otherwise meets all relevant federal statutory and regulatory requirements. The department may charge a permit fee of twenty-five dollars for each permit application. All permits issued pursuant to this section expire on July 1, 2010.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 347, Section 40, eff June 16, 2008.
SC Code § 57-25-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-110. Short title.

 This article may be cited as the "Highway Advertising Control Act".  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-591.11; 1971 (57) 2061; 1990 Act No. 519, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530.
SC Code § 57-25-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-130. Declaration of purpose.

 The General Assembly finds that outdoor advertising is a legitimate form of commercial use of the private property adjacent to the public highways. The General Assembly also finds that outdoor advertising is an integral part of the business and marketing function and is an established segment of the national economy which serves to promote and protect investments in commerce and industry and is, therefore, a business which must be allowed to exist and operate where other business and commercial activities are conducted and that a reasonable use of property for outdoor advertising to the traveling public is desirable. In order, however, to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles, prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs, or signals, prevent interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations, promote the prosperity, economic well-being, and general welfare of the State, mitigate the adverse secondary effects of sexually-oriented businesses and limit harm to minors, promote the safety, convenience, and enjoyment of travel on and protection of the public investment in highways within this State, and preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas, the General Assembly declares it to be the policy of this State that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the interstate and federal-aid primary systems within this State must be regulated in accordance with the terms of this article which provide for standards consistent with customary use in this State and finds that all outdoor advertising devices which do not conform to the requirements of this article are illegal. It is the intention of the General Assembly in this article to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor advertising consistent with the public policy relating to areas adjacent to interstate and federal-aid primary systems declared by Congress in Title 23, United States Code, "Highways".  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-591; 1971 (57) 2061; 1990 Act No. 519, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530; 2006 Act No. 235, Section 3.C, eff February 22, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 235, Section 6, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Nothing in this act preempts or otherwise alters, modifies, applies to, or effects relocation or removal of any off-premises outdoor advertising signs pursuant to an ordinance or regulation enacted by a local governing body prior to April 14, 2005. It is the intent of the General Assembly that nothing in this act may be construed to require the payment of monetary compensation for any off-premises outdoor advertising signs relocated or removed pursuant to an ordinance enacted before the effective date of this act unless the ordinance otherwise requires the payment of monetary compensation."
SC Code § 57-25-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-145. Outdoor advertising signs for adult or sexually-oriented business; location restriction; continuation as nonconforming use; penalties.

 (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 57-25-140 or another provision of law, an off-premises, outdoor advertising sign for an adult or sexually-oriented business may not be located within one mile of a public highway.  (B) Outdoor advertising signs in existence at the time of the effective date of this section, which do not conform to the requirements of this section, may continue as a nonconforming use, but must conform within three years of the effective date of this section.  (C) An owner of an adult or sexually-oriented business who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned for not more than one year. Each week a violation of this section continues constitutes a separate offense.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 235, Section 3.A, eff February 22, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 235, Section 6, provides as follows:  "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. Nothing in this act preempts or otherwise alters, modifies, applies to, or effects relocation or removal of any off-premises outdoor advertising signs pursuant to an ordinance or regulation enacted by a local governing body prior to April 14, 2005. It is the intent of the General Assembly that nothing in this act may be construed to require the payment of monetary compensation for any off-premises outdoor advertising signs relocated or removed pursuant to an ordinance enacted before the effective date of this act unless the ordinance otherwise requires the payment of monetary compensation."
SC Code § 57-25-155 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-155. Issuance of permits for existing signs; department not authorized to require removal of conforming signs.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation must issue permits for existing signs and outdoor advertising signs on highways in the interstate system or federal-aid primary system in this State that are nonconforming only because a permit was not obtained prior to erection of the sign. The department may not require removal of conforming signs and outdoor advertising signs as a prerequisite to issuing a permit for such signs that would otherwise qualify for a permit.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 473, Section 3; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530.
SC Code § 57-25-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-160. Erection and maintenance of illegal advertising device.

 A person who erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of Section 57-25-140 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days for each violation.  In addition, a person who violates the provisions of this chapter must be assessed by the department a civil penalty of one hundred dollars a day until the violation ends. A civil penalty must be paid to the department and allocated to the administrative costs of the outdoor advertising program. All monies in excess of the administrative costs must be used in the acquisition of nonconforming signs and may be carried over from year to year. No permit may be issued to a person who is in violation of the provisions of this chapter or who has not paid an assessed civil penalty.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-591.7; 1971 (57) 2061; 1990 Act No. 519, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530.
SC Code § 57-25-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-170. Information signs on highway right-of-way.

 The commission may provide within the right-of-way for areas at appropriate distances from interchanges on the interstate system and controlled access roads on the federal-aid primary system on which signs, displays, and devices giving specific information in the interest of the traveling public may be erected and maintained under standards and regulations authorized to be adopted and promulgated by the commission. The standards and regulations may provide for cooperative agreements between the Department of Transportation and private interests for the use and display of names for FOOD, LODGING, and GAS information signs on the highway right-of-way.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-591.4; 1971 (57) 2061; 1990 Act No. 519, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530.
SC Code § 57-25-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-185. Department to promulgate regulations.

 The Department of Transportation shall promulgate regulations consistent with Section 131(o), Title 23, United States Code, or such other provisions of Title 23 as may be appropriate, to allow signs, displays, and devices on federally-aided primary routes outside of nonurban areas which (1) provide directional information about goods and services in the interest of the traveling public and (2) are such that removal would work an economic hardship in such areas. Pursuant to Section 131(o), Title 23, United States Code, the department shall submit these regulations to the United States Secretary of Transportation for approval.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 473, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530.
SC Code § 57-25-195 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries|Chapter 25 - Outdoor Advertising|Section 57-25-195. Department to confer with Federal Highway Administration; submission of plan to Administration; consultation with interested parties.

 In order to comply with Section 131, Title 23, United States Code and regulations promulgated under that section and to prevent interruption of the state's federally-aided highway funding, the Department of Transportation shall confer with the Federal Highway Administration as to how best to structure a nonconforming sign removal program.  The department shall submit to the Federal Highway Administration in a timely fashion its process, program, and timetable for removal of nonconforming signs under Section 131, Title 23, United States Code and regulations promulgated under that section.  In developing and implementing this removal program the department shall consult with interested parties and affected entities including, but not limited to, other state and local agencies, sign owners, environmental groups, and the business community.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 473, Section 7; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1530.