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F.S. 479.27

479.27 Highway beautification and tourism promotion pilot project.—

(1) The Legislature finds that Interstate Highway 75 is used extensively by tourists and other visitors to reach their ultimate vacation, recreation, and business destinations in Florida. The Legislature further finds that these tourists and business visitors contribute significantly to the state’s tax revenue base and to general economic growth, and encouraging such visitors to Florida is a public purpose in the best interest of the state’s citizens. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a program within the Department of Transportation to enhance the scenic and natural beauty of this corridor as a pilot project to give visitors to the state a more favorable impression of Florida and thereby encourage return visits. Consistent with this intent, the department is directed to develop and implement a pilot program based upon the criteria set forth in this section.

(2) The Interstate Highway 75 corridor from the Florida-Georgia state boundary to its intersection with the Florida Turnpike at Wildwood is hereby designated as a highway beautification and tourism promotion pilot project.

(3) The department shall develop a corridor management plan with beautification and tourism promotion goals for the project corridor in accordance with this section. The plan shall, at a minimum, address the following:

(a) Vegetation management to encourage the growth of trees, shrubs, wild flowers, and other native vegetation, with the participation of local governments and private parties or organizations. The department shall establish standards for vegetation management plans to encourage the growth of compatible plants which allow reasonable visibility of sign facings while screening sign structural supports, and to allow for the planting of new trees and vegetation in other locations on the right-of-way to replace plants damaged due to cutting or trimming.

(b) Removal and relocation, through incentive programs, of nonconforming signs along the corridor and designation of areas where signs will be deemed to be conforming and where a sign can be relocated in exchange for the elimination of at least two signs at other locations, and encouragement of joint agreements with local governments to encourage such relocation incentive programs to promote the implementation of the pilot program.

(c) Maximizing the use of the logo program along the corridor, and encouraging the development of other methods, such as radio broadcasts, to communicate tourist and motorist information.

History.—s. 7, ch. 96-201; s. 17, ch. 2000-325.

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Total Results: 20

EVA TITA v. ESTATE OF JOHN P. TITA

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2022-03-02

Snippet: v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46, 49 (1899) (“[M]atters bearing upon the

Robert Blechman and Cathy Blechman Chermak v. Estate of Bertram Blechman

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-04-01

Citation: 160 So. 3d 152, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 4808

Snippet: v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46, 49 (1899) (“Matters bearing upon the execution

Higgins v. West Bend Mutual Insurance

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2012-03-30

Citation: 85 So. 3d 1156, 2012 WL 1089204, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 4996

Snippet: Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46, 49 (1899); Pan-Am. Life Ins. Co. v. Recio

Brigham v. Brigham

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2009-02-25

Citation: 11 So. 3d 374, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 1501, 2009 WL 454492

Snippet: People v. Chicago Title & Trust Co., 75 Ill.2d 479, 27 Ill.Dec. 476, 389 N.E.2d 540 (1979). Accordingly

Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Deason

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-03-10

Citation: 632 So. 2d 1377, 1994 WL 70104

Snippet: equally divided court, 400 U.S. 348, 91 S.Ct. 479, 27 L.Ed.2d 433 (1971), the court articulated the subject

Jemco, Inc. v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1981-06-02

Citation: 400 So. 2d 499

Snippet: v. Christian & Craft Grocery Company, 41 Fla. 479, 27 So.2d 46 (1899); Eagle Star Insurance Company v

State-Wide Insurance Company v. Flaks

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1970-03-31

Citation: 233 So. 2d 400

Snippet: Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46, 49, 47 L.R.A. 608, the Supreme Court of

Cerniglia v. C. & D. FARMS, INC.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1967-10-04

Citation: 203 So. 2d 1

Snippet: Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46 (1899); Buenger v. Kennedy, 151 So.2d 463

Kyle v. Kyle

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1961-03-22

Citation: 128 So. 2d 427

Snippet: Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 1899, 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46, 47 L.R.A. 608, the principles enunciated

Castorri v. Milbrand

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1960-03-09

Citation: 118 So. 2d 563

Snippet: Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 1889, 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. 46, 47 L.R.A. 608. It is noted in 11 Am.Jur

State Ex Rel. Bartlett v. Milledge

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1946-03-08

Citation: 25 So. 2d 195, 157 Fla. 146, 1946 Fla. LEXIS 683

Snippet: of Crook, Judge, v. Newberg, et al., 124 Ala. 479, 27 So. 432, the court said: "The purpose of the statute

New York Life Insurance v. Oates

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1935-04-05

Citation: 166 So. 269, 122 Fla. 540, 1935 Fla. LEXIS 1207

Snippet: Fla. 317; Walling v. C. C. Groc. Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So.2d 46; Adams v. Malloy, 70 Fla. 491, 70 So.2d

Blood v. Hunt

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-04-16

Citation: 121 So. 886, 97 Fla. 551

Snippet: Walling v. The Christian Craft Groc. Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 So. R. 46; Drake v. Marsh, 66 Fla. 598, 64 So.

Blood v. Huey

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-04-16

Citation: 121 So. 896, 97 Fla. 577

Snippet: Willing v. Christian and Croft Grocery Co., 41 Fla., 479, 27 So. R. 46, and like cases. But here the vendor

Phillips v. Lowenstein

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1926-01-23

Citation: 107 So. 350, 91 Fla. 89

Snippet: Walling v. Christian Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479,27 South. Rep. 46; Durham v. Stephenson, 41 Fla. 112

Wilkins v. Lewis

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1919-07-01

Citation: 78 Fla. 78, 82 So. 762

Snippet: Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 South. Rep. 46; Durham v. Stephenson, 41 Fla. 112

Shoemaker v. Powers

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1919-06-24

Citation: 78 Fla. 20, 82 So. 751

Snippet: Walling *39v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 South. Rep. 46; Carn v. Haisley, 22 Fla. 317. The

Adams v. Malloy

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1915-12-10

Citation: 70 Fla. 491, 70 So. 463

Snippet: v. The Christian & Craft Grocery Co.; 41 Fla. 479, 27 South. Rep. 46, 47 L. R. A. 608. We would also

Forssell v. Carter

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1913-06-09

Citation: 65 Fla. 512, 1913 Fla. LEXIS 513, 62 So. 926

Snippet: Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co., 41 Fla. 479, 27 South. Rep. 46; Hart v. Sanderson’s Admr., 18 Fla

Jackson v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1907-01-15

Citation: 53 Fla. 265

Snippet: Walling v. Christian & Craft Grocery Co. 41 Fla. 479, 27 South. Rep. 46; Rosenheim v. Flanders, supra, and