Florida Statutes Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 479.01-479.25)

• 479.01 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Allowable uses” means the intended uses identified in a local government’s land development regulations which are authorized within a...
• 479.015 - Legislative Intent With Respect To Regulation Of Signs In Areas Adjacent To State Highways.
  The control of signs in areas adjacent to the highways of this state is declared to be necessary to protect the public investment in the...
• 479.02 - Duties Of The Department.
  The department shall:(1) Administer and enforce this chapter, the 1972 agreement between the state and the United States Department of Transportation, Title 23 of the United...
• 479.024 - Commercial And Industrial Parcels.
  Signs shall be permitted by the department only in commercial or industrial zones, as determined by the local government, in compliance with chapter 163, unless...
• 479.03 - Jurisdiction Of The Department Of Transportation; Entry Upon Privately Owned Lands.
  The territory under the jurisdiction of the department for the purpose of this chapter includes all the state. Employees, agents, or independent contractors working for...
• 479.04 - Business Of Outdoor Advertising; License Requirement; Renewal; Fees.
  (1) A person may not engage in the business of outdoor advertising in this state without first obtaining a license from the department. Such license shall...
• 479.05 - Denial, Suspension, Or Revocation Of License.
  The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a license requested or granted under this chapter in any case in which it determines that the application...
• 479.07 - Sign Permits.
  (1) Except as provided in ss. 479.105(1) and 479.16, a person may not erect, operate, use, or maintain, or cause to be erected, operated, used, or...
• 479.08 - Denial Or Revocation Of Permit.
  The department may deny or revoke a permit requested or granted under this chapter in any case in which it determines that the application for...
• 479.10 - Sign Removal Following Permit Revocation Or Cancellation.
  A sign shall be removed by the permittee within 30 days after the date of revocation or cancellation of the permit for the sign. If...
• 479.105 - Signs Erected Or Maintained Without Required Permit; Removal.
  (1) A sign that is located adjacent to the right-of-way of any highway on the State Highway System outside an incorporated area or adjacent to the...
• 479.106 - Vegetation Management.
  (1) The removal, cutting, or trimming of trees or vegetation on public right-of-way to make visible or to ensure future visibility of the facing of a...
• 479.107 - Signs On Highway Rights-of-way; Removal.
  (1) Any sign located on the right-of-way of a highway on the State Highway System or on any portion of the interstate or federal-aid primary highway...
• 479.11 - Specified Signs Prohibited.
  No sign shall be erected, used, operated, or maintained:(1) Within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any portion of the interstate highway...
• 479.111 - Specified Signs Allowed Within Controlled Portions Of The Interstate And Federal-aid Primary Highway System.
  Only the following signs shall be allowed within controlled portions of the interstate highway system and the federal-aid primary highway system as set forth in...
• 479.12 - Outdoor Advertising On Highways.
  Any person who willfully or maliciously displaces, removes, destroys or injures a mileboard, milestone, danger sign, signal, guide sign, guidepost, highway sign, or historical marker...
• 479.14 - Disposition Of Fees.
  All moneys received by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by it into the State Treasury and placed in the...
• 479.15 - Harmony Of Regulations.
  (1) A zoning board or commission or other public officer or agency may not issue a permit to erect a sign that is prohibited under this...
• 479.155 - Local Outdoor Advertising Or Sign Ordinances.
  The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to supersede the rights and powers of counties and municipalities to enact outdoor advertising or sign...
• 479.156 - Wall Murals.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a municipality or county may permit and regulate wall murals within areas designated by such government. If a...
• 479.16 - Signs For Which Permits Are Not Required.
  The following signs are exempt from the requirement that a permit for a sign be obtained under this chapter but are required to comply with...
• 479.21 - Willfully Or Maliciously Removing, Destroying, Damaging, Or Altering Permitted Signs; Penalty.
  Any person who willfully or maliciously removes, damages, destroys, tampers with, or alters in any way a sign for which a permit has been issued...
• 479.24 - Compensation For Signs; Eminent Domain; Exceptions.
  (1) Just compensation shall be paid by the department upon the department’s acquisition of a lawful conforming or nonconforming sign along any portion of the interstate...
• 479.25 - Erection Of Noise-attenuation Barrier Blocking View Of Sign; Procedures; Application.
  (1) The owner of a lawfully erected sign that is governed by and conforms to state and federal requirements for land use, size, height, and spacing...

Last modified: September 23, 2016