Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 37 - Transportation and Highways › Part 1 - Mississippi Department of Transportation › Subpart 7501 - Maintenance › Chapter 09002 - Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to State Controlled Routes › SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED SIGNS and NOTICES › Section 37-1-7501-09002-1700

Current through June 25, 2024
SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED SIGNS and NOTICES shall be
						controlled by this Section 1700. The standards, restrictions or processes
						herein are solely applicable to the sign types specifically named in Section
						1700.1 below. Similarly, with the exception of the Definitions in Section 300,
						the administrative review process in Section 1800 or any other Section
						specified herein, none of the standards, restrictions or processes in the other
						sections of this Rule shall apply to the signs specified in Section 1700.1
						below. The signs named in this section are specifically exempted from paying a
						permit fee.
1. SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED
					 SIGNS and NOTICES include the following:
a.
					 Directional Signs: Signs containing directional information about public places
					 owned or operated by Federal, State or local governments of their agencies;
					 publicly or privately owned natural phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific,
					 educational and religious sites; and areas of natural scenic beauty or
					 naturally suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of the
					 traveling public.
b. Public Service
					 Signs: These are signs located on school bus stop shelters which are authorized
					 or approved by city, county or state law, regulations or ordinances at places
					 approved by the city, county or MDOT. No shelters will be permitted on the MDOT
					 right of way.
c. Service Club and
					 Religious Information Signs: Signs and notices, whose erection is authorized by
					 law, relating to meetings of non-profit service clubs or charitable
					 associations, or religious services and directions to said meeting
					 places.
d. Public Utility Signs:
					 Warning signs, informational signs, notices or markers which are customarily
					 erected and maintained by public or privately owned utilities, as essential to
					 their operation.
e. Official Signs
					 and Notices: Signs and notices erected and maintained by public officers or
					 public agencies within their territorial or zoning jurisdiction pursuant to and
					 in accordance with direction or authorization contained in Federal, State, or
					 local law for the purposes of carrying out an official duty or responsibility.
NOTE: Historic monuments and markers authorized by State
						law erected by State or local government agencies or non-profit historical
						societies are not considered as being either outdoor advertising signs or
						directional or other Specially Authorized signs and notices and are not subject
						to control by this Rule.
f.
					 Other Signs: Signs erected prior to June 15, 1966, and which do not conform to
					 the size, location and spacing requirements of this Rule and are not otherwise
					 prohibited in Section 1700.3 are authorized to be maintained as defined in this
					 Rule.
g. "Welcome to
					 (Community/City/County Name)" Encroachment Signs: Specially Authorized signs
					 erected within communities and unincorporated areas of counties shall be
					 maintained by public officers or elected county officials while carrying out an
					 official duty or responsibility. Welcome to (Community/City/County Name) signs
					 may be erected on or off the right-of-way subject to the provisions set out
					 belowh. "Acknowledgement" sign: This Specially Authorized sign becomes a part
					 of "Welcome to (Community/City/County Name)" encroachment sign permit
					 acknowledging landscaping, maintenance, and appearance improvements at the site
					 of said city/county permitted sign.
NOTE: Signs erected prior to June 15, 1966 and which do
						not conform to the requirements in this Section and are not otherwise
						prohibited in this section are authorized to be maintained as defined in this
						Section.