GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 677
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PERMITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 136-133 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136-133. Permits required.
No person shall erect or maintain any outdoor advertising
within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or
primary highway system, except those allowed under G.S. 136-129, subdivisions
(2) and (3) in this Article, or beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the
right-of-way of the interstate or primary highway system, except those allowed
under G.S. 136-129.1, subdivisions (2) and (3), without first obtaining a
permit from the Department of Transportation or its agents pursuant to the
procedures set out by rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of
Transportation. The permit shall be valid until revoked for
nonconformance with this Article or rules and regulations promulgated by the
Department of Transportation thereunder. Any person aggrieved by the
decision of the Department of Transportation or its agents in refusing to grant
or in revoking a permit may appeal the decision in accordance with the rules
and regulations enacted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to this
Article to the Secretary of Transportation who shall make the final decision on
the agency appeal. The Department of Transportation shall have the
authority to charge permit fees to defray the costs of administering the permit
procedures under this Article. The fees for directional signs as set
forth in G.S. 136-129(1) and G.S. 136-129.1(1) shall not exceed a twenty dollar
($20.00) initial fee and a fifteen dollar ($15.00) annual renewal fee.
The fees for outdoor advertising structures, as set forth in G.S. 136-129(4)
and (5) shall not exceed a twenty dollar ($20.00) sixty dollar
($60.00) initial fee and a fifteen dollar ($15.00) thirty dollar
($30.00) annual renewal fee."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective September 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 1989.