USA Statutes : nevada
Title : Title 35 - HIGHWAYS; ROADS; BRIDGES; PARKS
Chapter : CHAPTER 410 - BEAUTIFICATION OF HIGHWAYS
As used in this chapter, the words and
terms defined in NRS 410.040 to 410.090
, inclusive, unless the context
otherwise requires, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559; A 1973, 212; 1979, 1783)
“Automotive
graveyard” means any establishment or place of business which is
maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, processing, buying or
selling wrecked, abandoned, scrapped, ruined or dismantled motor vehicles
or motor vehicle parts.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
“Board” means the Board of Directors
of the Department of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 211; A 1979, 1784)
“Department” means the
Department of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1973, 212; A 1979, 1784)
“Director” means the Director of
the Department of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 1783)
“Edge of the
right-of-way” means the property line between the area acquired for state
highway rights-of-way and the abutting property.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
“Interstate highway”
means a portion of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways located within this State as officially designated
pursuant to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559; A 2005, 76 )
“Junk” means old or scrap copper,
brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste or
junked, dismantled or wrecked or abandoned motor vehicles, or parts
thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous
material, and all other secondhand used or castoff articles or material
of any kind.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)
“Junkyard” means an establishment
or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing,
keeping, processing, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or
operation of an automobile graveyard or scrap metal processing facility,
and the terms shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560)
“Primary highway” means a
portion of the connected main highways, as officially designated pursuant
to the provisions of Title 23 of the United States Code.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560)
LOCATION AND SCREENING OF JUNKYARDS
The Legislature
hereby finds and declares that:
1. The establishment, use and maintenance of outdoor junkyards in
areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems of this
state should be controlled in order to promote the safety and
recreational value of public travel, to protect the public investment in
such highways, and to preserve the natural beauty of areas adjacent to
such highways.
2. It is the intent of the Legislature to:
(a) Provide for the state control of outdoor junkyards as required
by 23 U.S.C. § 136.
(b) Establish by the provisions of NRS 410.095 to 410.210 ,
inclusive, minimum standards with respect to the regulation of outdoor
junkyards.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)—(Substituted in revision for NRS
410.010)
095 to 410.210
, inclusive. NRS 410.095 to 410.210 ,
inclusive, shall remain effective only so long as federal-aid highway
funds are apportioned to the State of Nevada and the Federal Government
reimburses the State in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 136 for its share of
landscaping and screening costs and compensation required for the
relocation, removal or disposal of junkyards.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 559)—(Substituted in revision for NRS
410.020)
A person shall not, after January 1,
1972, establish a junkyard any portion of which is within 1,000 feet of
the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled
way of the interstate or primary highway system, or continue to operate
and maintain a junkyard in existence on December 31, 1971, in such a
location, without obtaining from the Director the permit provided for in
NRS 410.110 .
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
The Director
shall collect a fee of $10 for the issuance of a permit for the
establishment, maintenance and operation of a junkyard any portion of
which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and
visible from the main traveled way of an interstate or primary highway.
The proceeds from such fees must be deposited with the State Treasurer
and credited to the State Highway Fund in the State Treasury.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
No permit may be
granted for the establishment, maintenance or operation of a junkyard any
portion of which is within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the
right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway, except the following:
1. Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences,
or other appropriate aesthetic means, so as not to be visible from the
main traveled way, or otherwise hidden from sight;
2. Those located within areas which are zoned for industrial use
under authority of state or local law or ordinance;
3. Those located in areas which, although not zoned by authority
of state or local law or ordinance, are actually used for industrial
purposes as determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations
prescribed by the Director and approved by the Secretary of
Transportation; and
4. Those which are not visible from the main traveled way.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
Any
junkyard lawfully in existence on April 15, 1971, any portion of which is
within 1,000 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an
interstate or primary highway, and visible from the main traveled way,
shall be screened, if feasible, by the Department at locations on the
highway right-of-way or in areas acquired for such purposes outside the
right-of-way so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of such
highways.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560)
The
Director may prescribe regulations governing the location, planting,
materials used, construction and maintenance, in the screening or fencing
required by NRS 410.095 to 410.210
, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
Whenever
the Director determines that the topography of the land adjoining the
highway will not permit adequate screening of such junkyards or the
screening of such junkyards would not be economically feasible, the
Director may require the relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyard,
by negotiation or condemnation; but any junkyard in existence on April
15, 1971, which does not conform to the requirements of NRS 410.095
to 410.210 , inclusive, and which the Director finds, as a
practical matter, cannot be screened is required to be relocated, removed
or disposed of no later than July 1, 1973.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 560; A 1979, 1784)
The Department
is authorized to acquire such interests in real property as may be
necessary to effect the screening, relocation, removal or disposal of
junkyards required by NRS 410.095 to
410.210 , inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
Just compensation shall be paid by the Department to the
owners of junkyards which must be relocated, removed or disposed of
pursuant to NRS 410.095 to 410.210
, inclusive, and which fall into the
following categories:
1. Those lawfully in existence on April 15, 1971; and
2. Those lawfully established on or after April 15, 1971.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
The cost of screening, relocation,
removal or disposal of any junkyard shall be paid by the State from the
State Highway Fund, provided a proportionate part of such cost shall be
reimbursable from federal funds in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 136.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
The Director shall prescribe and enforce regulations
governing the establishment, screening, relocation, removal or disposal
of junkyards as provided in NRS 410.095
to 410.210 , inclusive, consistent with
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. § 136 and the national standards promulgated
thereunder by the Secretary of Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561; A 1979, 1785)
The
governing body of any incorporated city or county may enact ordinances,
including, but not limited to, land use or zoning ordinances, imposing
restrictions on junkyards equal to or greater than those imposed by the
provisions of NRS 410.095 to 410.210
, inclusive.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561)
1. Any junkyard or automobile graveyard established after April
15, 1971, which violates the provisions of NRS 410.095 to 410.210 ,
inclusive, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the Director
shall abate any such junkyard or automobile graveyard which is not
removed or screened prior to the expiration of 30 days after personal
service of notice of such violation and demand for removal or screening
upon the landowner and the owner or his agents of such junkyard or
automobile graveyard.
2. Abatement by the Department of such junkyard or automobile
graveyard on the failure of such owners to comply with such notice and
demand gives the Department a right of action to recover the expense of
such abatement, cost and expenses of suit.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 561; A 1979, 1785)
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that:
(a) The erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs,
displays and devices, in areas adjacent to the rights-of-way of the
interstate highway system and the primary highway system within this
state, is a legitimate commercial use of private property adjacent to
roads and highways and that regulation and control or removal of such
outdoor advertising is necessary to the system of state highways declared
essential by NRS 408.100 .
(b) The erection and maintenance of such advertising in such
locations must be regulated:
(1) To prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of
motor vehicles, confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs or signals
and other interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations;
(2) To promote the safety, convenience and enjoyment of
travel on the state highways in this state;
(3) To attract tourists and promote the prosperity, economic
well-being and general welfare of the State;
(4) For the protection of the public investment in the state
highways; and
(5) To preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty and
aesthetic features of the highways and adjacent areas.
(c) All outdoor advertising which does not conform to the
requirements of NRS 410.220 to 410.410
, inclusive, is contrary to the public
safety, health and general welfare of the people of this state.
(d) The removal of signs adjacent to the rights-of-way of the
interstate or primary highway system within this state which provide
directional information about goods and services in the interest of the
traveling public and which:
(1) Were erected in conformance with the laws of the State
of Nevada and subsequently became nonconforming under the requirements of
23 U.S.C. § 131; and
(2) Were in existence on May 6, 1976,
Ê could create substantial economic hardships in defined hardship areas
within the State of Nevada.
2. It is the intent of the Legislature in NRS 410.220 to 410.410 ,
inclusive, to provide a statutory basis for regulation of outdoor
advertising consistent with the public policy declared by the Congress of
the United States in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway
systems.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1325; A 1977, 564)
As used in NRS 410.220 to 410.410 ,
inclusive, the words and terms defined in NRS 410.250 to 410.310 ,
inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections, unless a
different meaning clearly appears in the context.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1326; A 1973, 212; 1979, 1785; 2005, 982
)
“Information centers”
means areas or sites established and maintained at safety rest areas for
the purpose of informing the traveling public of places of interest
within the State and providing such other information as the director of
the Department of Transportation may consider desirable.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1326; A 1979, 1785)
1. “Outdoor advertising,” “outdoor advertising sign, display or
device” and “sign, display or device” mean any outdoor sign, display,
device, light, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster,
billboard or other thing which is designed, intended or used to advertise
or inform, any part of the advertising or information contents of which
is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate or
primary highway systems.
2. The terms do not include a sign that is required to be erected
and maintained in a gaming enterprise district pursuant to NRS 463.3092
.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1326; A 1997, 1712)
“Safety rest areas”
means areas or sites established and maintained within or adjacent to the
right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the
convenience of the traveling public.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1327)
“Unzoned commercial or industrial area” means an area which, although
not zoned by authority of state or local law, ordinance or regulation, is
actually used for commercial or industrial purposes as determined and
defined by criteria embodied in the written agreement between the
Secretary of Transportation and the Board.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1327; A 1989, 1311)
“Urban area” means an urbanized
area, or in the case of an urbanized area encompassing more than one
state, that part of the urbanized area in each such state, or an urban
place, as designated by the Bureau of the Census of the United States
Department of Commerce, 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 Secretary of Transportation of the United States. Such
boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urban place
designated by the Bureau of the Census.
(Added to NRS by 1975, 1179)
“Zoned
commercial or industrial area” means an area zoned for commercial or
industrial uses by authority of state or local law, ordinance or
regulation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1327)
Outdoor advertising shall not be erected or maintained
within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from
the main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway systems in
this state, and, outside urban areas outdoor advertising shall not be
erected or maintained beyond 660 feet from the nearest edge of the
right-of-way of the interstate and primary highway systems which is
visible and placed with the purpose of having its message read from the
main-traveled way of the interstate and primary highway systems in this
state, except the following:
1. Directional, warning, landmark, informational and other
official signs and notices, including but not limited to signs and
notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic attractions.
Only signs which are required or authorized by law or by federal, state
or county authority, and which conform to national standards promulgated
by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131, are
permitted.
2. Signs, displays and devices which advertise the sale or lease
of the property upon which they are located.
3. Signs, displays and devices which advertise the activities
conducted or services rendered or the goods produced or sold upon the
property upon which the advertising sign, display or device is erected.
4. Signs, displays and devices located in zoned commercial or
industrial areas, when located within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the
right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate and
primary highway systems within this state.
5. Signs, displays and devices located in an unzoned commercial or
industrial area as defined in NRS 410.300 , when located within 660 feet of the nearest
edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the
interstate and primary highway systems within this state.
6. Nonconforming signs in defined hardship areas which provide
directional information about goods and services in the interest of the
traveling public and are approved by the Secretary of Transportation
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131(o).
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1327; A 1975, 1180; 1977, 565)
The Board shall:
1. Enter into the agreement with the Secretary of Transportation
provided for by 23 U.S.C. § 131(d), setting forth the criteria governing
unzoned commercial or industrial areas and the spacing, size and lighting
of outdoor advertising coming within the exceptions contained in
subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 410.320 . The
criteria must be consistent with customary use in the outdoor advertising
industry in this state insofar as such customary use is consonant with
the objectives of the Legislature as declared in NRS 410.220 to 410.410 ,
inclusive.
2. Prescribe regulations governing the issuance of permits by the
Director for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising coming
within the exceptions contained in subsections 4 and 5 of NRS 410.320
. The regulations must be consistent
with the criteria governing size, lighting and spacing of outdoor
advertising as established by agreement between the Secretary of
Transportation and the Board pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.
3. Prescribe regulations governing the issuance of permits by the
Director for the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising coming
within the exception contained in subsection 1 of NRS 410.320 . The regulations must be consistent with the
national standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131(c)(1).
4. Prescribe regulations governing the submission to the Director
of any declaration, resolution, certified copy of an ordinance or other
direction from the governing body of a county, city or other governmental
agency that removal of signs which provide directional information about
goods and services in the interest of the traveling public would cause an
economic hardship in a specifically defined area. Any such declaration,
resolution or ordinance must request the retention of the signs in the
defined hardship area. Upon receipt of a declaration, resolution or
ordinance, the Director shall forward it to the Secretary of
Transportation for inclusion as a defined hardship area qualifying for
exemption pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131(o) and shall comply with the
regulations of the Federal Highway Administration relating to
applications for such exemptions. The regulations must provide that any
local governing body submitting a request for exemption must perform the
economic studies required by federal and state regulations to support the
finding of economic hardship in the defined area, and submit the results
of the studies to the director. This subsection does not apply to any
highway which is a part of the interstate or primary highway system if
such application would prevent this state from receiving federal funds or
would result in sanctions against this state for noncompliance under 23
U.S.C. § 131.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1327; A 1977, 566; 1979, 1785; 1989, 1311)
1. Any outdoor advertising sign, display or device located within
660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the
main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway systems in this
state, and, in the case of any outdoor advertising sign, display or
device located beyond 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way
for interstate and primary highway systems, which is located outside of
urban areas and placed with the purpose of having its message read from
the main-traveled way of the interstate and primary highway systems,
which was lawfully in existence and maintained on October 22, 1965, and
which is not within one of the exceptions set forth in NRS 410.320 , shall be removed no later than July 1, 1973,
or 3 years from the date funds are available for such removal, except as
provided in subsection 3.
2. Any other outdoor advertising sign, display or device located
within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from
the main-traveled way of any highway of the interstate or primary system,
and, in the case of any outdoor advertising sign, display or device
located beyond 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way for
interstate and primary highway systems, which is located outside of urban
areas and placed with the purpose of having its message read from the
main-traveled way of the interstate and primary highway systems, and
which is not within one of the exceptions set forth in NRS 410.320 , shall be removed not later than the end of
the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming.
3. Any outdoor advertising sign, display or device located within
660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the
main-traveled way of the interstate or primary highway system, and, in
the case of any outdoor advertising sign, display or device located
beyond 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way for interstate
and primary highway systems, which is located outside of urban areas and
placed with the purpose of having its message read from the main-traveled
way of the interstate and primary highway systems, and which is lawfully
maintained on or after February 20, 1972, but which subsequently becomes
nonconforming with the provisions of NRS 410.220 to 410.410 ,
inclusive, by reason of amendment of such provisions or change in
regulations or agreements prescribed or entered into as authorized by NRS
410.220 to 410.410 , inclusive, may be maintained until the end of
the fifth year after it becomes nonconforming.
4. No compensation shall be paid upon removal of any outdoor
advertising sign, display or device erected after February 20, 1972,
which as a result thereof become nonconforming. However, such outdoor
advertising sign, display or device shall be removed only when all other
outdoor advertising signs, displays or devices existing on February 20,
1972, have been removed.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1328; A 1975, 1180)
1. Just compensation shall be paid upon the removal of any outdoor
advertising sign, display or device lawfully erected and maintained and
removed in accordance with the requirements of NRS 410.340 .
2. Such compensation shall be paid for the following:
(a) The taking from the owner of such sign, display or device of
all right, title, leasehold and interest in and to such sign, display or
device; and
(b) The taking from the owner of the real property on which the
sign, display or device is located of the right to erect and maintain
such existing signs, displays and devices.
3. Such compensation shall be paid by the State from the State
Highway Fund, if a proportionate part of such compensation is
reimbursable from federal funds in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 131.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1328; A 1975, 1181)
1. Any outdoor advertising sign, display or device erected after
February 20, 1972, which violates the provisions of NRS 410.220 to 410.410 ,
inclusive, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the Director
shall remove any such sign, display or device which is not removed before
the expiration of 30 days after notice of the violation and demand for
removal have been served personally or by registered or certified mail
upon the landowner and the owner of the sign or their agents. Removal by
the Department of the sign, display or device on the failure of the
owners to comply with the notice and demand gives the Department a right
of action to recover the expense of the removal, cost and expenses of
suit.
2. Any person who erects or causes to be erected an outdoor
advertising sign, display or device which violates the provisions of NRS
410.220 to 410.410 , inclusive, shall pay to the Department:
(a) For the first violation, a fine of $50;
(b) For the second violation, a fine of $250;
(c) For the third or subsequent violation, a fine of $500 per
violation; and
(d) The reasonable costs of collection.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1328; A 1977, 569; 1979, 1786; 1993, 898)
1. If any improvement project is caused to be constructed for
purposes of noise abatement by the Department within the right-of-way of
a controlled access freeway, which obstructs the visibility from the main
traveled way of the controlled access freeway of an outdoor advertising
structure that adjoins the controlled access freeway, the Department
shall:
(a) Authorize, with the consent of the affected city or county
pursuant to chapter 278 of NRS and at no cost
to the State or any local government, the owner of the outdoor
advertising structure to adjust the height or angle of the structure to a
height or angle that restores the visibility of the structure to the same
or comparable visibility as before the construction of the improvement
project;
(b) Authorize, with the consent of the affected city or county
pursuant to chapter 278 of NRS and at no cost
to the State or any local government, the owner of the outdoor
advertising structure to relocate the structure to another location on
the same parcel of land or on another parcel of land where the owner of
the structure has secured the right to construct a structure pursuant to
the applicable local ordinances in existence at that time and the
relocation restores the visibility of the structure to the same or
comparable visibility as before the construction of the improvement
project;
(c) Evaluate the impact of the improvement project on the visibility
of the outdoor advertising structure and may, in its discretion,
implement design modifications to the project which maintain the
integrity of the project and which eliminate the effect of the project on
the visibility of the structure so that adjustments to or relocation of
the structure are not required to maintain its visibility;
(d) Authorize, with the consent of the affected city or county
pursuant to chapter 278 of NRS and at no cost
to the State or any local government, any other relief which is
consistent with the public health, safety and welfare and which is
mutually agreed upon by the governing body of the affected city or
county, the Department and the owner of the outdoor advertising
structure; or
(e) If the actions described in paragraphs (a) to (d), inclusive,
would not result in the same or comparable visibility of the structure,
let the visibility of the structure remain obstructed.
2. Any action authorized pursuant to subsection 1 must comply with
applicable federal and state statutes and regulations, agreements with
the Federal Government or the State and, to the extent that their
provisions do not conflict with this section, local ordinances governing
the regulation of outdoor advertising structures.
3. The provisions of subsection 1 do not authorize the owner of an
outdoor advertising structure to increase the size of the area of display
of the structure.
4. The provisions of this section:
(a) Apply to lawfully erected conforming and nonconforming outdoor
advertising structures;
(b) Are not intended to grant an express or implied right of light,
air or view over a controlled access freeway if such a right is not
otherwise provided by law;
(c) Do not apply to an outdoor advertising structure whose
visibility was obstructed on or before the effective date of this act by
an improvement project for noise abatement;
(d) Do not change the designation of an existing nonconforming
outdoor advertising structure from nonconforming to conforming; and
(e) Do not authorize an increase in the number of nonconforming
outdoor advertising structures.
5. As used in this section:
(a) “Controlled access freeway” means every highway to or from
which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons are
prohibited from having direct private access, and where access is allowed
only at interchanges; and
(b) “Outdoor advertising structure” means a billboard, subject to a
permit issued by the Department, that is designed, intended or used to
disseminate commercial and noncommercial messages that do not concern the
premises upon which the billboard is located.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 981 )
In order to
provide information in the specific interest of the traveling public, the
Director is authorized to maintain maps and to permit informational
directories and advertising pamphlets to be made available at safety rest
areas. The Director is also authorized to establish information centers
at safety rest areas for the purpose of informing the public of places of
interest within the State and providing such other information as he may
consider desirable.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1329; A 1979, 1786)
The Director may, in consultation with the Secretary of
Transportation, provide within the right-of-way of the interstate highway
system for areas at appropriate distances from interchanges at which
signs, displays and devices giving specific information in the interest
of the traveling public may be erected and maintained. Such signs must
conform to national standards prescribed by the Secretary of
Transportation.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1329; A 1979, 1787)
1. A person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising, which
includes, but is not limited to, the erection, maintenance and selling of
advertising space on and along the interstate and primary highways of
this state, shall, not later than January 1, 1972, furnish to the
Director a written inventory of all outdoor advertising signs, displays
or devices erected and being maintained by such person. Such inventory
must include, with respect to each such sign, not less than the following
information:
(a) Location and dimensions of the sign;
(b) Distance from the nearest edge of the right-of-way;
(c) Date erected; and
(d) Name and address of the owner of the property on which the sign
is located.
2. For failure to comply with the conditions set forth in this
section the Board may declare such outdoor advertising signs, displays or
devices to be a public nuisance and remove them in the manner provided by
NRS 410.360 .
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1329; A 1979, 1787; 1989, 1312)
1. The Board shall prescribe:
(a) Regulations governing the issuance of permits for advertising
signs, displays or devices and for the inspection and surveillance of
advertising signs, displays or devices; and
(b) Such other regulations as it deems necessary to implement the
provisions of NRS 410.220 to 410.410
, inclusive.
2. The Department shall assess a reasonable annual fee for each
permit issued to recover administrative costs incurred by the Department
in the issuance of the permits, and the inspection and surveillance of
advertising signs, displays or devices.
3. No fee may be collected for any authorized directional sign,
display or device, or for authorized signs, displays or devices erected
by chambers of commerce, civic organizations or local governments,
advertising exclusively any city, town or geographic area.
4. No fee may be collected for any temporary sign, display or
device advertising for or against a candidate, political party or ballot
question in an election if the sign, display or device is:
(a) Erected not more than 60 days before a primary election and
concerns a candidate, party or question for that primary or the ensuing
general election; and
(b) Removed within 30 days after:
(1) The primary election if the candidate, party or question
is not to be voted on at the ensuing general election.
(2) The general election in any other case.
Ê The Department may summarily remove any temporary political sign for
which no fee has been paid if the sign is erected before or remains after
the times prescribed.
5. All fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited
with the State Treasurer for credit to the State Highway Fund.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1329; A 1979, 436; 1981, 708; 1989, 1312)
220 to
410.400 , inclusive, supplementary to
NRS 405.020 to 405.110 , inclusive; federal reimbursement prerequisite
to continued effectiveness. The provisions of NRS 410.220 to 410.400 ,
inclusive:
1. Are supplementary to the provisions of NRS 405.020 to 405.110 ,
inclusive. Where both such sets of provisions apply to any outdoor
advertising sign, display or device, that set of provisions which
prohibits the erection or maintenance of such sign, display or device or
which imposes greater restrictions upon such sign, display or device
shall prevail.
2. Shall remain effective only so long as federal-aid highway
funds are apportioned to the State of Nevada and the Federal Government
reimburses the State in accordance with 23 U.S.C. § 131 for its share of
compensation required for the removal of outdoor advertising signs,
displays and devices.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1329)
