Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 70 - TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT › Part III - Outdoor Advertising › Chapter 1 - Outdoor Advertising › Subchapter C - Regulations for Control of Outdoor Advertising › Section III-127 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Centerline of Highway-
a line of equal
					 distance from the edges of the median separating the main-traveled ways of a
					 divided Interstate Highway, or the centerline of the main-traveled way of a
					 non-divided interstate highway or the centerline of each of the main-traveled
					 ways of a divided highway separated by more than the normal median width or
					 constructed on independent alignment.
Controlled Areas-
within urban areas, the
					 applicable control area distance is 660 feet measured horizontally from the
					 edges of the right-of-way along a line perpendicular to the centerline of the
					 Interstate and/or Federal Aid Primary Systems or National Highway System.
					 Outside urban areas, the control area extends beyond 660 feet to include any
					 sign within visibility of the Interstate and/or Federal Aid Primary System or
					 National Highway System.
Day Care Facility
-f or purposes of outdoor
					 advertising, a day care facility is considered a school when it includes a
					 comprehensive child development program such as Early Headstart and
					 Headstart.
Destroyed Sign-
that 50 percent or more of
					 the upright supports of a sign structure are physically damaged so that normal
					 repair practices would require:
1. In the case of wooden sign structures, replacement of
					 the broken supports, or,
2. In case of metal sign structures, replacement of a least
					 thirty percent of the length above ground of each broken, bent or twisted
					 support.
Erect
-to construct, build, raise,
					 assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring
					 into being or establish.
Grandfathered Non-Conforming Sign
-an
					 outdoor advertising sign in place at the time that a roadway became part of the
					 National Highway System or Federal Aid Primary Highway System, subject to
					 control of outdoor advertising rules, which could not obtain a permit due to
					 regulations in effect at the time that the roadway became subject to outdoor
					 advertising control.
Illegal Sign
-one which was erected and/or
					 maintained in violation of state law or local law or ordinance.
Inventory of 1966
-the record of the survey
					 of outdoor advertising signs in existence along Interstate and Federal-Aid
					 Primary Highways as of the date of the inventory compiled by the State Highway
					 Department (now Department of Transportation and Development) pursuant to FHWA
					 Instructional Memorandum No. 50-1-66 dated January 7, 1966.
Landscaped Area
-l andscaped areas of the
					 commercial and industrial activity shall be areas within 50 feet of the
					 commercial or industrial building/structure(s) that are planted and maintained
					 in good health with commercially available ornamental and/or natural vegetation
					 for the beautification of the commercial or industrial activity.
Lease
-an agreement, license, permit or
					 easement, oral or in writing, by which permission or use of land or interest
					 therein is given for a special purpose and which is a valid contract under the
					 laws of Louisiana.
Legal Non-Conforming Sign
-an outdoor
					 advertising sign which when permitted by the department met all legal
					 requirements, but does not meet current requirements of law.
Main-Traveled Way
-the traveled way of a
					 highway on which through traffic is carried. In the case of a divided highway,
					 the traveled way of each of the separate roadways for traffic in opposing
					 directions is a main-traveled way. The main-traveled way does not include such
					 facilities as frontage roads, turning roadways, or parking areas.
Maintenance-
to allow to exist. The
					 dimensions of the existing sign are not to be altered nor shall any additions
					 be made to it except for a change in message content. When the damage to the
					 upright supports of a sign is 50 percent or more (see definition of destroyed
					 sign), it shall be considered new construction and shall be subject to all
					 requirements pertaining to new construction.
Safety Rest Area
-an area or site
					 established and maintained within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way by or
					 under public supervision or control for the convenience of the traveling
					 public.
Sign
-any outdoor sign, light, display,
					 figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard or other device
					 which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, and any part of the
					 advertising or informative content which is visible from any place on the
					 main-traveled way of the Interstate or Federal Aid Primary Highway System,
					 whether the same be a permanent or portable installation.
Traveled Way
-the portion of a roadway
					 designed for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of shoulders.
Turning Roadway
-a connecting roadway for
					 traffic turning between two intersecting portions of an interchange.
Unzoned
-for purposes of
					 R.S.
					 48:461 et seq., that no land-use zoning is in
					 effect. The term does not include any land area which has a rural zoning
					 classification, or which has land uses established by zoning variance,
					 nonconforming rights recognition or special exception.
Urban Area
-an urbanized area or an urban
					 place as designated by the Bureau of Census having a population of 5,000 or
					 more and not within any urbanized area, within boundaries to be fixed by
					 responsible state and local officials in cooperation with each other, subject
					 to approval by the United States Secretary of Transportation. Such boundaries
					 shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urban place designated by the Bureau
					 of Census.
Visible
-for purposes of
					 R.S.
					 48:461 et seq., capable of being seen,
					 whether or not readable, without visual aid by a person of normal visual
					 acuity.
Zoned Commercial or Industrial Areas-
those
					 areas which are zoned for business, industry, commerce or trade pursuant to a
					 state or local zoning ordinance or regulation. A zone in which limited
					 commercial or industrial activities are permitted as an incidental to other
					 primary land uses is not considered to be a commercial or industrial zone for
					 outdoor advertising purposes.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 48:461 et
					 seq.