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NH Rev Stat § 236:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:50 - Hearing.

    236:50 Hearing. –||Said commissioner is authorized to conduct a public hearing, if deemed that the public good requires, or the individual requesting permit files written demand for same, to be held before the commissioner or the assistant commissioner of transportation, and the director of the division of motor vehicles of the department of safety and the director of the division of state police of the department of safety, or their authorized representatives, acting in an advisory capacity to the commissioner or assistant commissioner of transportation. Written notice of such hearing shall be given to the applicant or applicants and the town authorities, and notice to the public posted in a public place in the town where construction is proposed, at least 2 weeks prior to date of hearing.|||Source. RSA 249:45. 1955, 135:1, par. II. 1961, 166:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:51 - Provisions of Permit.

    236:51 Provisions of Permit. –||Said commissioner, with the advice of the director of the division of motor vehicles of the department of safety and director of the division of state police of the department of safety, may issue a permit in each case containing such requirements and provisions as will protect the safety of the traveling public. He may provide that the screen of a drive-in theatre be so placed as will prevent the view of the picture face of same from said highways or provide that suitable screening be placed as will obstruct said view if topography does not allow such placement. He may provide that in any location where the free flow of traffic from the highway to a drive-in theatre is prevented by the operation of ticket sellers, parking attendants or in any other manner, there shall be provided an adequate storage area for vehicles between the highway pavement and the location of ticket booths, parking area, or other cause of traffic stoppage and delay, to prevent backing up of vehicles on the highway pavement. He may provide that traffic control devices or warning signals be installed, meeting his approval, located within the establishment as well as similar devices controlling the state highway. Application for permit by the owner or owners shall be made at least 60 days before proposed construction. A plot plan of proposed establishment shall be included with the application for said permit.|||Source. RSA 249:46. 1955, 135:1, par. III. 1961, 166:3. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:52 - Appeal.

    236:52 Appeal. –||Any party aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner may appeal said decision under procedure as provided by RSA 541.|||Source. RSA 249:47. 1955, 135:1, par. IV. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:53 - Penalty.

    236:53 Penalty. –||Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision or RSA 236:54 hereof or the requirements or provisions of permits thereunder, shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person, and shall cease operation of any offending establishment pending fulfillment of requirements and special provisions.|||Source. RSA 249:48. 1955, 135:1, par. VI. 1973, 530:30. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:54 - Location.

    236:54 Location. –||It shall be unlawful to erect any roadside advertising within a distance of 400 feet of any highway intersection of class I and II highways or railroad grade crossings thereon when said advertising obstructs the view of said intersections and crossings, rendering the approach to same by vehicular traffic hazardous.|||Source. RSA 249:49. 1955, 135:1, par. V. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:55 - Prohibition.

    236:55 Prohibition. –||It shall be unlawful to place any light along a highway so positioned as to blind or dazzle the vision of travelers on the adjacent highway. The commissioner of transportation shall enforce provisions of this section for lights along class I, II or III highways and the selectmen shall enforce the provisions hereof on class IV, V and VI highways. Whenever a person shall violate the provisions of this section he shall be given written notice to correct the location of the light. If he does not so correct the location of the light within a period of 30 days from the date of written notice to do so, he shall be prosecuted for violation of the provisions hereof. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person; and in either case shall cease all operation of such offending light.|||Source. RSA 249:50. 1957, 159:1. 1973, 530:31. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:57 - Penalty.

    236:57 Penalty. –||Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 236:56 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person; and, in addition, shall be liable for the cost of restoration of damages to the easement or right-of-way.|||Source. RSA 249:53. 1971, 157:1. 1973, 530:33. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:58 - Camping Restricted.

    236:58 Camping Restricted. –||No person shall pitch a tent or place or erect any other camping device or sleep on the ground within the public right-of-way or on public property unless permission is received from the governing board of the governmental authority having jurisdiction over such public right-of-way or property.|||Source. RSA 249:54. 1975, 335:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:59 - Penalty.

    236:59 Penalty. –||Any person who violates RSA 236:58 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person; and, in addition, shall be liable for the cost of restoration for any damage caused to a highway easement or right-of-way.|||Source. RSA 249:55. 1975, 335:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:60 - Repealed by 1982, 41:17, I, eff. May 28, 1982.

    236:60 Repealed by 1982, 41:17, I, eff. May 28, 1982. –|
NH Rev Stat § 236:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:61 - Repealed by 1982, 41:17, II, eff. May 28, 1982.

    236:61 Repealed by 1982, 41:17, II, eff. May 28, 1982. –|
NH Rev Stat § 236:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:62 - Repealed by 1982, 41:17, III, eff. May 28, 1982.

    236:62 Repealed by 1982, 41:17, III, eff. May 28, 1982. –|
NH Rev Stat § 236:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:63 - Repealed by 1982, 41:17, IV, eff. May 28, 1982.

    236:63 Repealed by 1982, 41:17, IV, eff. May 28, 1982. –|
NH Rev Stat § 236:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:64 - Erection by Department of Transportation.

    236:64 Erection by Department of Transportation. –||The department of transportation may, after October 15, erect a fence upon property adjacent to any class I, II or III highway in order to prevent snow from drifting thereon. The view from the landowner's buildings shall not be obstructed by such fence unless he consents, and the fence shall be removed on or before May 1.|||Source. 1927, 119:1, 2. RL 109:38. 1945, 188:1, part 10:13. 1951, 31:1. RSA 248:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:65 - Damages.

    236:65 Damages. –||The landowner shall be entitled to damages sustained by the erection, maintenance, and removal of such fence. If the commissioner of transportation and the landowner are unable to agree on such damages the commissioner of transportation shall assess the damages sustained.|||Source. 1927, 119:1. RL 109:39. 1945, 188:1, part 10:14. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 248:2. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:66 - Appeal.

    236:66 Appeal. –||The landowner may petition for the assessment of damages to the superior court in the county in which such land is situate within 60 days, and not thereafter, from his receipt of notice of the assessment of damages, and the court shall assess such damages, if any, by jury.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 10:15. RSA 248:3. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:67 - Erection by City or Town.

    236:67 Erection by City or Town. –||Any city or town may, after October 15, erect a fence upon property adjacent to a public highway in order to prevent snow from drifting thereon. The view from the landowner's buildings shall not be obstructed by such fence unless he consents, and the fence shall be removed on or before May 1.|||Source. 1927, 119:1, 2. RL 109:38. 1945, 188:1, part 16:26. 1951, 31:2. RSA 248:4. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:68 - Damages.

    236:68 Damages. –||The landowner shall be entitled to damages occasioned by the erection, maintenance and removal of such fence. Either party may apply to the selectmen or the city council for the assessment of damages, and such proceedings shall be had as in the assessment of damages for the laying out of highways by selectmen.|||Source. 1927, 119:1. RL 109:39. 1945, 188:1, part 16:27. RSA 248:5. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:69 - Policy.

    236:69 Policy. –||It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and in the public interest to provide for maximum visibility along the interstate system, federal aid primary system, and turnpike system, and connecting roads or highways; to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators or motor vehicles; to prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs or signals or other interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations; to promote maximum safety, comfort and well-being of users of the interstate system, federal aid primary system, and turnpike system; to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or the aesthetic features of the interstate system, federal aid primary system, turnpike system and adjacent areas; to promote the reasonable, orderly and effective display of advertising devices along such systems; and to regulate advertising devices along such systems in a manner consistent with customary use in this state. To implement this declared policy and cooperate with the United States government in the construction and maintenance of public highways in accordance with Title 23, United States Code as amended and supplemented, this subdivision provides for the regulation of advertising devices on the interstate and federal aid primary highway systems.|||Source. RSA 249-A:1. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:71 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:71 - Licenses.

    236:71 Licenses. –||No person shall erect or maintain more than 10 advertising devices in federal highway or turnpike adjacent areas other than such devices described in RSA 236:73, III, IV and V without first obtaining a license from the commissioner of transportation. The fee for such license shall be paid annually in advance. The fee for persons erecting or maintaining 50 or more advertising devices shall be $150 and for persons erecting or maintaining less than 50 but more than 10 such devices, the fee shall be $100. An application for a license or renewal of a license shall contain the name and residence or principal address of the applicant and such other reasonable information as the commissioner may from time to time require and shall be accompanied by the annual fee. Licenses granted under this section shall expire on April 1 following the date of issue, and fees therefor shall not be prorated. All applications for renewal of licenses shall be filed with the commissioner on or prior to March 15 preceding their expiration. Applications for a license or renewal of a license shall be granted except as otherwise provided in RSA 236:78. All fees collected hereunder shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. RSA 249-A:3. 1961, 269:1. 1963, 3:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1977, 563:45. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:72 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:72 - Permits.

    236:72 Permits. –||No advertising device other than such a device described in RSA 236:73, III, IV and V shall be erected or maintained in a federal highway or turnpike adjacent area without a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation. Application for a permit or renewal of a permit shall contain the name and residence or principal business address of the applicant, the location of the device to be permitted and its size, excluding border and trim, base or apron, supports and other structural members, the number of faces carrying advertising, a signed statement of the owner of the property upon which the device to be permitted is or will be located that he has consented to such device, the amount of rental compensation being paid to the said owner, and such other reasonable information or requirements as the commissioner may require. However, on an application for renewal of a permit the commissioner may waive the requirement for furnishing a signed consent statement from the owner of the property on which the device is located. Permits shall expire on April 1 following the date of issue and fees shall not be prorated. Applications for renewal of a permit shall be filed prior to March 15 preceding expiration of the permit. Only one permit shall be required for double face or v-type devices, but fees shall be charged with respect to each face used for advertising. Advertising copy may be changed at any time without requiring a new permit. Applications for a permit or renewal of a permit shall be granted except as provided in RSA 236:78, and each application shall be accompanied by fees in accordance with the following schedule:||I. For sign faces of 50 square feet or less, $50.||II. For sign faces of more than 50 square feet but less than 350 square feet, $75.||III. For sign faces of 350 square feet or more, $100.||All fees collected hereunder shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. RSA 249-A:4. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1977, 563:46. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1990, 3:102, eff. Feb. 20, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:72-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:72-a - Business Directional Sign Permit Fee.

    236:72-a Business Directional Sign Permit Fee. –||For any new official business directional signs authorized after July 14, 1987, and beginning April 1, 1988, for all official business directional signs authorized by the commissioner to serve privately owned businesses, an annual permit fee of $10 shall be collected by the commissioner. Permits shall expire on April 1 following the date of issue or renewal and fees shall not be pro-rated. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. 1987, 209:8, eff. July 14, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:73-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:73-a - "RV Friendly" Markers.

    236:73-a "RV Friendly" Markers. –||I. Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Highway Administration, the department of transportation shall incorporate the use of "RV friendly" markers on specific business directional signs for business establishments that cater to the needs of persons driving recreational vehicles. A business establishment that qualifies for a business directional sign and that also qualifies as "RV friendly" may request that an "RV friendly" marker be displayed immediately adjacent to such establishment's business logo sign on the appropriate background sign panel. The business applicant shall pay all costs of the "RV friendly" marker. For purposes of this section, the "RV friendly" marker to be displayed shall be such marker as may be approved by the Federal Highway Administration in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.||II. In accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-L:12, and subject to the approval of the Federal Highway Administration, the department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including rules setting forth the minimum requirements for business establishments to qualify as "RV friendly." Such requirements shall include, but shall not be limited to:||(a) Roadways shall be hard surface, such as gravel, compacted stone dust, pavement, or other firm surface, and at least 12 feet wide with a minimum swing radius of 50 feet for entering and exiting the facility.||(b) Roadway access and parking facilities shall be free of any obstructions up to 14 feet above the surface.||(c) Facilities requiring short-term parking shall have 2 or more spaces that are 12 feet wide and 65 feet long with a swing radius of 50 feet to enter and exit the spaces.||(d) Fueling facilities with canopies shall have a 14-foot clearance and facilities selling diesel fuel shall have pumps with non-commercial nozzles.||(e) Fueling facilities shall allow for pull-through with a swing radius of 50 feet.||(f) Campgrounds shall have 2 or more spaces that are 18 feet wide and 45 feet long.|||Source. 2007, 87:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:73-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:73-b - Liquor Stores.

    236:73-b Liquor Stores. –||The department of transportation shall design, locate, and erect along state highways suitable signs to advertise nearby state liquor stores.|||Source. 2009, 144:152, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:75 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:75 - No Advertisements of Any Kind Upon Certain Objects.

    236:75 No Advertisements of Any Kind Upon Certain Objects. –||Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, it shall be unlawful to affix, attach or display any advertisement upon any object of nature, utility pole, telephone booth, or highway sign, directly in such a manner that the object of nature, utility pole, telephone booth, or highway sign, is utilized as an integral part of the sign's support as distinguished from being only incidentally a support to the sign, such as the earth or ground upon which a sign is affixed. This prohibition shall extend to all primary and secondary highways and roads of and within the state without exception for any type of advertising. The owner of an object upon which an advertisement is placed in violation of this section shall be entitled to remove and destroy the advertisement and the advertisement owner shall not be entitled to damages or compensation therefor. The object owner shall be entitled to collect the costs associated with the removal and destruction from the advertisement owner or the person who is responsible for placing the advertisement on the object in violation of this section.|||Source. RSA 249-A:6-a. 1973, 360:3. 1981, 87:1. 2003, 136:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:76 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:76 - Highways in Juxtaposition.

    236:76 Highways in Juxtaposition. –||Nothing herein shall prevent an owner of land from using, or permitting the use of, his land for outdoor advertising purposes where said owner's land abuts a highway parallel to, or nearly parallel to and less than 660 feet from the edge of right-of-way of an interstate, federal aid primary or turnpike highway provided that the advertising or informative contents of advertising devices erected and maintained on said land shall not be visible from the main traveled way of an interstate, federal aid primary or turnpike highway.|||Source. RSA 249-A:7. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:77 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:77 - Nonconforming Signs Lawfully Erected.

    236:77 Nonconforming Signs Lawfully Erected. –||At any time following the end of the fifth year after a sign becomes nonconforming the commissioner of transportation may, by registered or certified mail, revoke the permit and order the removal of such nonconforming sign, which order shall be final on the date of mailing. Until the end of said 5-year period no nonconforming sign may be ordered to be removed unless it violates RSA 236:74, I(a), (b) or (c). In no event, however, may a nonconforming sign be ordered removed from a federal highway adjacent area if its removal would require just compensation to be paid pursuant to RSA 236:80 and the federal share of just compensation to be paid under section 131 of Title 23, United States Code, is not available to make such payment.|||Source. RSA 249-A:8. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1979, 242:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|