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O.C.G.A. § 32-6-78 — Restrictions on public service signs | Georgia Code
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TITLE 32 HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, AND FERRIES

Section 6. Regulation of Maintenance and Use of Public Roads Generally, 32-6-1 through 32-6-248.

ARTICLE 3 CONTROL OF SIGNS AND SIGNALS

32-6-78. Restrictions on public service signs.

No public service sign authorized by paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-6-72 or paragraph (1) of Code Section 32-6-73 shall be erected or maintained which:

  1. Is attached to a school bus shelter, the construction of which is not authorized by state law or local ordinance;
  2. Is attached to a school bus shelter located at a place not approved by the governmental agency having jurisdiction of the highway along which said shelter is located;
  3. Contains an area, to be measured by the smallest square, rectangle, triangle, circle, or combination thereof, which encompasses the entire sign, in excess of 32 square feet; or
  4. Creates a situation in which there is more than one sign facing in any one direction on each shelter.

(Ga. L. 1971, Ex. Sess., p. 5, § 7; Code 1933, § 95A-919, enacted by Ga. L. 1973, p. 947, § 1; Ga. L. 1977, p. 263, § 5.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Building regulations as applicable to billboards and similar structures, 60 A.L.R. 1158.

Validity and construction of state or local regulation prohibiting off-premises advertising structures, 81 A.L.R.3d 486.

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