Florida Statute 479.24 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 479
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

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F.S. 479.24

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 or federal-aid primary highway system. This section does not apply to a sign that is illegal at the time of its removal. A sign loses its nonconforming status and becomes illegal at such time as it fails to be permitted or maintained in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations other than the provision that makes it nonconforming. A legal nonconforming sign under state law or rule does not lose its nonconforming status solely because it additionally becomes nonconforming under an ordinance or regulation of a local governmental entity passed at a later date. The department shall make every reasonable effort to negotiate the purchase of the signs to avoid litigation and congestion in the courts.

(2) The department is not required to remove any sign under this section if the federal share of the just compensation to be paid upon removal of the sign is not available to make such payment, unless an appropriation by the Legislature for such purpose is made to the department.

(3)(a) The department may use the power of eminent domain when necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) If eminent domain procedures are instituted, just compensation shall be made pursuant to the state’s eminent domain procedures, chapters 73 and 74.

History.—s. 9, ch. 71-971; s. 5, ch. 75-202; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 19, 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 42, ch. 94-237; s. 19, ch. 2014-215; s. 40, ch. 2014-223.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 479.24

Total Results: 20

CBS Outdoor Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2013-10-23T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 124 So. 3d 383

Snippet: interstate as a property right. While Florida law in § 479.24(1), Florida Statutes, has provided that the owner…FDOT’s] removal of a lawful nonconforming sign” (§ 479.24(1), Fla. Stat. (emphasis added)), Appellants in

MAVERICK MEDIA GROUP v. Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2001-06-26T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 791 So. 2d 491

Snippet: it was not lawfully erected or maintained. See § 479.24(1), Fla. Stat. (1999)("A sign will lose its

DEPT. OF TRANSP., STATE v. Heathrow Land & Dev. Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-04-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 579 So. 2d 183

Snippet: that Allen was predicated on language in section 479.24, Florida Statutes, as it existed prior to a 1984

T & L MANAGEMENT v. Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-10-28T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 497 So. 2d 685

Snippet: Supp. 1984). We disagree. Sections 479.15(2) and 479.24(1) provide for just compensation for the removal

Food'N Fun, Inc. v. Department of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-07-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 493 So. 2d 23

Snippet: requiring that the subject signs be removed. Section 479.24, Florida Statutes, makes clear provision for the

Wainwright v. State Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1986-04-21T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 488 So. 2d 563

Snippet: pursuant to Section 479.24 based on any initial illegality. However, Section 479.24 goes on to provide …should receive compensation therefor under Section 479.24, since the signs were lawful when erected but later…interpretation of the permitting statute. Section 479.24(1) provides that "[j]ust compensation shall… were not subject to compensation under Section 479.24. LaPointe v. DOT, 398 So.2d 1370 (Fla. 1981). However…is entitled to compensation pursuant to Section 479.24. This section directs the department to "make

LAMAR ADVERTISING ASSOCIATES OF EAST FLA., LTD. v. City of Daytona Beach

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-04-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 450 So. 2d 1145

Snippet: (1981), regulates outdoor advertising. Section 479.24(1), Florida Statutes, provides that: Compensation…without paying compensation in accordance with s. 479.24(1). However, section 479.16, Florida Statutes, … highway and hence under sections 479.15(2) and 479.24(1), Florida Statutes, compensation was required

DIV. OF ADMIN., STATE, DEPT OF TRANSP. v. Allen

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-03-07T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 447 So. 2d 1383

Snippet: instant case, the applicable statute is section 479.24, Florida Statutes (1981), which provides in part

Empire Outdoor Advertising v. Department of Transportation

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-07-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 438 So. 2d 851, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19964

Snippet: displayed in. violation of this chapter.” Section 479.24 requires that compensation be paid upon the removal…years. Although there is no explicit provision in § 479.24 that no compensation shall be paid for an illegal… maintained sign. Under the interpretation of § 479.24 urged by Empire, the DOT would be required to pay… is foreclosed by the DOT’s interpretation of § 479.24. The DOT’s interpretation of Chapter 479, which

National Advertising Co. v. Florida Department of Transportation

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-08-19T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 418 So. 2d 1142, 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 20978

Snippet: property in this case. Florida Statutes, Section 479.24, is susceptible of a construction that compensation

LAMAR-ORLANDO, ETC. v. City of Ormond Beach

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1982-06-09T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 415 So. 2d 1312

Snippet: , compensation must be paid appellants. Section 479.24(1) provides: Compensation shall be paid upon the…without paying compensation in accordance with s. 479.24(1). The appellants' signs were erected prior

LaPointe Outdoor Advertising v. FLA. DEPT., ETC.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1981-05-28T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 398 So. 2d 1370

Snippet: compensate the owner of a billboard sign under section 479.24, Florida Statutes (1977), for requiring the sign…question presented for our review is whether section 479.24(1) requires that the state compensate LaPointe …LaPointe for its sign. That section provides: 479.24 Compensation for removal of signs; eminent domain; exceptions…compensation for the sign, contending that because section 479.24(1) provided "[c]ompensation shall be paid … court found the controlling portion of section 479.24 to be the "lawfully in existence" language

City of Lake Wales v. LAMAR ADVER.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1981-05-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 399 So. 2d 981

Snippet: December 8, 1971, without paying compensation. Section 479.24(2) provides for payment of compensation pursuant

Henderson Sign Service v. Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-11-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 390 So. 2d 159

Snippet: the materials in those signs pursuant to Section 479.24(1), which provides: (1) Compensation shall be paid… the method herein provided. Construing Section 479.24(1), this court in Brazil v. Div. of Admin., Dept…District, placed a different interpretation of Section 479.24(1) in LaPointe Outdoor Advertising v. Florida Dept…claims for compensation based on Brazil and Section 479.24(1), and in affirming the Department's order… the sign was required under Florida Statutes § 479.24, which provides: Compensation shall be paid upon

La Pointe Outdoor Advertising v. Florida Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1980-04-30T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 382 So. 2d 1347

Snippet: to compensation. Regarding compensation, Section 479.24(1), Florida Statutes (1977), provides: (1) Compensation…and totally ignores the first sentence of Section 479.24(1), Florida Statutes (1977). Because La Pointe&

Wayfara, Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-05-15T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 370 So. 2d 858

Snippet: relating to removal of the signs under Section 479.24, Florida Statutes). He testified that each of the

Johnson & Johnson, Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-05-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 371 So. 2d 494

Snippet: nonconforming structures by Sections 479.23 and 479.-24, Florida Statutes (1977). In August, 1977, however…were grandfathered in under Sections 479.23 and 479.24. In the absence of any statute giving the Department

Walker v. State, Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1979-01-03T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 366 So. 2d 96

Snippet: Highway Beautification Act of 1965. Sections 479.11, 479.24, Florida Statutes (1977); Sections 14-10.19 et …131. [4] 23 U.S.C. § 131(g), (n); Fla. Stat. § 479.24(1); Brazil v. DOA, 347 So.2d 755 (Fla. 1st DCA … materials in the sign, under Florida Statute § 479.24(2). [5] White Advertising v. State Department …year after they have become nonconforming. Section 479.24, Florida Statutes (1977), provides in part: Compensation

White Adver. International v. Fla. Dept. of Transp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1978-11-14T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 364 So. 2d 104

Snippet: the sign was grandfathered in under §§ 479.23 and 479.24 and allowed to remain in place as long as the use

Brazil v. DIV. OF ADMIN., STATE DOT

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1977-06-21T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 347 So. 2d 755

Snippet: expense, and quotes the first sentence of Section 479.24(1), for support: "Compensation shall be paid…). Because of the legislative intent in Section 479.24(1) that compensation be paid *759 and because of