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KS Stat § 68-2106 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements|68-2106 Unlawful to destroy or remove barricades, warning signs, or drive on closed hard-surfaced highway; penalty; damages.

68-2106. Unlawful to destroy or remove barricades, warning signs, or drive on closed hard-surfaced highway; penalty; damages. Any person who shall, without authority, destroy or remove any barricade, warning sign or warning light when used in accordance with the provisions of this act, or who shall drive on a hard-surfaced highway under improvement without authority from the proper officials, when said road is barricaded and suitable warning signs have been placed to advise that such road is closed to traffic, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to the fines and penalties prescribed by K.S.A. 68-2107, and, in addition, said person shall be required to reimburse the contractor, municipality or secretary of transportation for any damage to the improvements or to the barricades, warning signs or lights; but nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting the authorities of the municipality, secretary of transportation, or federal government from having free access to the improvement at all times.History: L. 1957, ch. 354, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 212; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2107 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 21 - Duties And Liabilities During Repair Or Improvements|68-2107 Same; penalties.

68-2107. Same; penalties. Any person failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with the provisions of this act, and for which a specific penalty is not provided in this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100, or imprisoned for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.History: L. 1957, ch. 354, § 7; L. 2004, ch. 34, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2201 Short title.

68-2201. Short title. This act may be cited as the "junkyard and salvage control act."History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 1; May 4.
KS Stat § 68-2202 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2202 Purposes.

68-2202. Purposes. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health, welfare, convenience and enjoyment of public travel, to protect the public investment in public highways, and to preserve and enhance the scenic beauty of lands bordering public highways, it is hereby declared to be in the public interest, and necessary and appropriate to regulate and restrict the establishment, operation, and maintenance of junkyards in areas adjacent to highways, roads and streets within this state.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2203 Definitions.

68-2203. Definitions. (a) The term "junk" shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.(b) "Automobile graveyard" shall mean any establishment which is maintained, used, or operated, for storing, keeping, buying, or selling 10 or more wrecked, scrapped, ruined, dismantled or inoperative motor vehicles, but such term shall not include any location where motor vehicle bodies are placed along stream banks for purposes of bank stabilization and soil erosion control, if such placement conforms with guidelines established by the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture.(c) "Junkyard" shall mean an establishment which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps.(d) "Interstate system" means that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways, including city connecting links and portions of the Kansas turnpikes, located within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the secretary, and approved by the proper federal authority as provided by law.(e) "Primary system" means that portion of connected main highways, including city connecting links, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the secretary, and approved by the proper federal authority as provided by law.(f) "Person" means any individual, firm, agency, company, association, partnership, business trust, joint stock company or corporation, including municipal corporation.(g) "Commission" means the secretary of transportation.(h) "Board" means the secretary of transportation.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 3; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 60; L. 1978, ch. 276, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 101, § 108; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2204 Junkyards prohibited, when.

68-2204. Junkyards prohibited, when. No person shall establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any street or highway on the interstate system or the primary system, or any portion of which is within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any other state, county, township highway, road, or city street, except the following:(a) Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the street or highway, or otherwise removed from sight.(b) Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use under authority of law.(c) Those located within unzoned industrial areas, which areas shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by rules and regulations to be adopted by the secretary of transportation.(d) Those which are not visible from the main traveled way of a street or highway on the interstate or the primary systems, or any other state, county, township highway, road, or city street.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 4; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 3; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 214; L. 1976, ch. 296, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2206 Requirements as to screening.

68-2206. Requirements as to screening. The secretary of transportation shall have the authority to adopt rules or regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance, including the materials used in screening or fencing required by this act. Any plantings, fencing or other screening facilities located on public land or easements shall be public property.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 61; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2207 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2207 Junkyards lawfully in existence.

68-2207. Junkyards lawfully in existence. Any junkyard which was lawfully in existence on May 4, 1967, and duly certified in the subsequent year and which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any street or highway on the interstate or the primary systems and any junkyard within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any other state, county, township highway, road or city street, and which is not located as specified in subsection (b) or (c) of K.S.A. 68-2204, and amendments thereto, shall be screened, if feasible and if federal funds are available, by the secretary of transportation at locations on the highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the right-of-way so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of such highway.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 7; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 215; L. 1987, ch. 263, § 2; Jan. 1, 1988.
KS Stat § 68-2208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2208 Acquisition of land, when.

68-2208. Acquisition of land, when. When the secretary of transportation determines that the topography of the land adjoining the highway, road or street will not permit adequate screening of any junkyard lawfully in existence, or the screening of such a junkyard would not be economically feasible, the secretary shall have the authority to acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, such interests in lands as may be necessary to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyards; and to pay for the costs of relocation, removal, or disposal, thereof. When the secretary determines that it is in the best interest of the state the secretary may acquire such lands, or interests in lands, as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of such junkyards.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 8; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 6; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 216; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2209 Nuisances.

68-2209. Nuisances. Any junkyard which comes into existence after the effective date of this act, or was being maintained in violation of law on the effective date of this act, or after said date is altered, changed or enlarged so as not to conform to this act, and which is not made to conform to the act by the owner or operator thereof or is operated or maintained in violation of this act is declared to be a public and private nuisance.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 9; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2210 Interpretation.

68-2210. Interpretation. Nothing in this act shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this act.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 10; May 4.
KS Stat § 68-2211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2211 Agreements with the United States authorized.

68-2211. Agreements with the United States authorized. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the United States secretary of commerce as provided by title 23, United States code, relating to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and the primary systems, and to take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms of any such agreement.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 217; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2212 State salvage board abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary of transportation; provisions for transition and continuity.

68-2212. State salvage board abolished; transfer of powers, duties and functions to secretary of transportation; provisions for transition and continuity. (a) The state salvage board is hereby abolished. All of the powers, duties and functions of the state salvage board are hereby transferred to and conferred and imposed upon the secretary of transportation. The secretary of transportation shall be the successor in every way to the powers, duties and functions of the state salvage board in which the same were vested prior to August 15, 1975. The secretary of transportation shall be a continuation of the state salvage board, and every act performed under the authority of the secretary of transportation shall be deemed to have the same force and effect as if performed by the state salvage board in which such functions were vested prior to August 15, 1975.(b) On and after August 15, 1975, whenever the state salvage board, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, such reference or designation shall be deemed to apply to the secretary of transportation.(c) All rules or regulations of the state salvage board in existence on August 15, 1975, shall continue to be effective and shall be deemed to be the rules or regulations of the secretary of transportation, until revised, amended, repealed or nullified pursuant to law.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 12; L. 1974, ch. 348, § 35; L. 1974, ch. 277, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 426, § 62; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2213 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2213 Denial, suspension or revocation of certificate of compliance; hearing; judicial review.

68-2213. Denial, suspension or revocation of certificate of compliance; hearing; judicial review. The secretary of transportation may deny the application of any person for a certificate of compliance under this act and may suspend or revoke a certificate of compliance issued or refuse to issue a renewal thereof. Orders under this section, and proceedings thereon, are subject to the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act and are subject to review in accordance with the Kansas judicial review act.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 13; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 8; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 218; L. 1986, ch. 318, § 126; L. 1987, ch. 263, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 356, § 272; L. 2010, ch. 17, § 175; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2214 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2214 Severability.

68-2214. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section.History: L. 1967, ch. 357, § 14; May 4.
KS Stat § 68-2215 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2215 Unlawful junkyard maintenance; penalty.

68-2215. Unlawful junkyard maintenance; penalty. Unlawful junkyard maintenance is intentional operation or maintenance of a junkyard in violation of article 22 of chapter 68 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.Unlawful junkyard maintenance is a class C misdemeanor.History: L. 1968, ch. 154, § 2; L. 1973, ch. 271, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2231 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2231 Declaration of policy.

68-2231. Declaration of policy. The legislature hereby finds and declares: (a) That outdoor advertising is a legitimate, commercial use of private property adjacent to streets, roads and highways, where such commercial use does not conflict with the lawfully designated use of surrounding property;(b) that the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising billboards, signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to interstate highways and primary highways should be regulated in order to protect the public investment in such highways, to promote the recreational value of public travel, to preserve natural beauty and to promote the reasonable, orderly and effective display of outdoor advertising;(c) that outdoor advertising is an integral part of the business and marketing function, and an established segment of the national economy, and should be allowed to operate in business areas, or areas where other commercial use of land is not prohibited, so long as such operation is not in conflict with lawfully imposed restrictions on the use of such areas; and(d) that the regulatory standards set forth in K.S.A. 68-2234 are consistent with customary use in this state and will properly and adequately carry out each and all of the purposes of this act; and that more severe restrictions should be imposed only when necessary to protect the lawful objectives and purposes of the people of this state or of any community of people therein.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 272, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2235 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2235 Agreements with secretary of U.S. department of transportation.

68-2235. Agreements with secretary of U.S. department of transportation. The secretary of transportation is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the secretary of the department of transportation of the United States government for the purpose of controlling outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the interstate and federal-aid primary highway systems or the national highway system in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 131 (b), 23 U.S.C. § 104 and 23 C.F.R. part 750.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 5; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 221; L. 2006, ch. 141, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2237 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2237 Nonconforming signs.

68-2237. Nonconforming signs. (a) Any sign lawfully in existence along the interstate system or the federal aid primary system which is not located in a business area and which is not in conformity with the provisions of this act shall not be required to be removed until March 31, 1974. Any other sign which is lawfully erected but which does not conform to this act by reason of a highway being made a part of the federal aid primary or interstate highway system subsequent to March 31, 1972, shall not be required to be removed until the end of the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming.(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this act, the standards prescribed by this act concerning the size, lighting or spacing of signs permitted in business areas shall apply only to those signs erected subsequent to March 31, 1972.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 7; Mar. 31.
KS Stat § 68-2238 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2238 Compensation for removal of signs.

68-2238. Compensation for removal of signs. (a) From and after March 31, 1972, just compensation shall be paid upon the removal of any of the following signs which are not then in conformity with the provisions of this act:(1) Signs lawfully in existence prior to March 31, 1972; and(2) Signs lawfully existing or lawfully erected on or after March 31, 1972.(b) Just compensation shall be paid for the taking: (1) From the owner of such sign, all right, title and interest in and to such sign, and his leasehold related thereto; and (2) from the owner of the real property on which such sign is located immediately prior to its removal, the right to erect and maintain signs thereon, other than those signs described in subsections (a), (b) and (c) of K.S.A. 68-2233; and full compensation therefor shall be included in the amounts paid to the respective owners.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 8; Mar. 31.
KS Stat § 68-2239 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2239 Same; condemnation proceedings; claim and action for compensation.

68-2239. Same; condemnation proceedings; claim and action for compensation. The secretary of transportation may purchase or otherwise contract for or institute condemnation proceedings pursuant to K.S.A. 26-501 et seq. for the purpose of the removal of the signs described in K.S.A. 68-2238. If the secretary does not institute such condemnation proceedings prior to the removal of such signs, and such signs are removed by the owner upon the written request of the secretary, the person or persons entitled to compensation may file a claim for compensation within one hundred eighty (180) days after removal is completed. Such compensation shall be paid upon presentation to the secretary of such information as the secretary may reasonably require. If the secretary of transportation and a claimant do not reach agreement on the amount of compensation payable to such claimant in respect to any removal within one hundred twenty (120) days after the filing of such claim, the claimant may institute a civil action in district court to have such compensation determined.Such action may be commenced in the county where the sign and land are located, in the claimant's county of residence or in Shawnee county, but it must be commenced not later than one (1) year after the filing with the secretary of such claim for compensation.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 9; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 223; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2241 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2241 Acceptance of federal funds.

68-2241. Acceptance of federal funds. The secretary of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any agency thereof, appropriated to carry out the purposes of section 131 of title 23 of the United States code, and any amendments thereto. The secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary from time to time to obtain from the United States, or the appropriate agency thereof, funds allotted and appropriated pursuant to said section 131 for the purpose of paying the federal government's seventy-five percent (75%) share of the just compensation to be paid to sign owners and owners of real property under the terms of subsection (g) of said section 131 and K.S.A. 68-2238 and K.S.A. 68-2239.The secretary is authorized to use any funds appropriated to or received by the secretary for matching federal funds or for other lawful purposes of this act.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 11; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 225; Aug. 15.
KS Stat § 68-2242 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2242 Removal of signs subject to availability of federal funds.

68-2242. Removal of signs subject to availability of federal funds. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, no sign shall be removed or subject to removal if the federal share of the just compensation to be paid upon removal of such sign is not available to make such payment.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 12; Mar. 31.
KS Stat § 68-2243 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2243 Citation of act.

68-2243. Citation of act. The provisions of K.S.A. 68-2231 through 68-2244, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 68-2245, and amendments thereto, shall be known and may be cited as the highway advertising control act.History: L. 1972, ch. 251, § 13; L. 2006, ch. 141, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 68-2244 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 68 - Roads And Bridges|Article 22 - Highway Beautification|68-2244 Removal of nonconforming signs; local zoning authority; compensation for removal.

68-2244. Removal of nonconforming signs; local zoning authority; compensation for removal. From and after July 1, 1981, any outdoor advertising signs lawfully erected prior to November 6, 1978, which do not conform to the standards adopted by local zoning authorities as authorized by K.S.A. 68-2234, as amended, may be subject to removal, upon request of the local zoning authority, by the secretary of transportation in the manner provided by the highway advertising control act of 1972. In the event that action by a local zoning authority forces the removal of any such signs for which any person or persons are entitled to just compensation under subsection (g) of section 131 of title 23 of the United States Code and not subject to compensation under K.S.A. 68-2238, the local zoning authority shall be responsible for payment of the non-federal share of such just compensation and for payment of incidental administrative expenses incurred by the secretary of transportation for the removal of such signs.History: L. 1981, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.