Commercial advertising; placement on traffic control devices;
prohibition; exceptions; lights maintained on private property;
restrictions
Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not
place or maintain upon a highway a traffic sign or signal bearing
commercial advertising. A public authority may not permit the
placement of a traffic sign or signal that bears a commercial message.
(b) Under criteria to be jointly established by the Indiana
department of transportation and the office of tourism development,
the Indiana department of transportation may authorize the posting
of any of the following:
(1) Limited tourist attraction signage.
(2) Business signs on specific information panels on the
interstate system of highways and other freeways.
All costs of manufacturing, installation, and maintenance to the
Indiana department of transportation for a business sign posted under
this subsection shall be paid by the business.
(c) A person may not place, maintain, or display a flashing, a
rotating, or an alternating light, beacon, or other lighted device that:
(1) is visible from a highway; and
(2) may be mistaken for or confused with a traffic control
device or for an authorized warning device on an emergency
vehicle.
(d) This section does not prohibit the erection, upon private
property adjacent to highways, of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.229-2005, SEC.8.
Last modified: May 27, 2006