The general purposes of KRS 177.830 to 177.890 and its specific objectives and
standards are:
(1) To provide for maximum visibility along interstate highways, limited-access
highways, federal-aid primary highways, turnpikes, and connecting roads or
highways;
(2) To prevent unreasonable distraction of operators of motor vehicles;
(3) To prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs or signals or otherwise
interfere with the effectiveness of traffic regulations;
(4) To preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or the aesthetic features of
the aforementioned interstate highways, limited-access highways, federal-aid
primary highways, turnpikes, and adjacent areas;
(5) To promote maximum safety, comfort and well-being of the users of said
highways.
Effective:March 18, 2021
History: Repealed and reenacted 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 6, effective March 18,
2021. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 76, sec. 3. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch.
175, sec. 3.
Notes of Decisions
United Sign, Ltd. v. Commonwealth, 44 S.W.3d 794 (Ky. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 2× “KRS 177.850 provides that the general purposes of the Billboard Act are to provide for maximum safety and visibility along affected highways 2 and to preserve the “natural scenic beauty” of areas adjacent to the affected highways.”
Commonwealth, Transp. Cabinet, Dep't of Highways v. G.L.G., Inc., 937 S.W.2d 709 (Ky. 1997).
· cites it 2× “860(4), which provides: The commissioner of highways shall prescribe by regulations reasonable standards for the advertising devices hereinafter enumerated, designed to protect the safety of and to guide the users of the highways and otherwise to achieve the objectives set forth…”
Louisville & Jefferson Cnty. Bd. of Health v. Haunz, 451 S.W.2d 407 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969).
“860 in pertinent part provides: “The Commissioner of Highways shall prescribe by regulations reasonable standards for the advertising devices hereinafter enumerated, designed to protect the safety of the users of the highways and otherwise to achieve the objectives set forth in…”
Unisign, Inc. v. Commonwealth, 19 S.W.3d 652 (Ky. 2000).
“890, the Kentucky Billboard Advertising Statute, which thereby made the state eligible for federal funding. The clear, basic intent of both the federal and state law is to prohibit billboards within 660 feet of interstate highways for safety and aesthetic purposes.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 177.850(4) — 1 case
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