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23-1-274
Section 23-1-274 Erection or maintenance of signs - Controls; criteria. The director shall
effectively control, or cause to be controlled, the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising
signs, displays, and devices in all business areas that are erected subsequent to February
10, 1971. Whenever a bona fide state, county, or local zoning authority has made a determination
of customary use as to size, lighting, and spacing, such determination may be accepted in
lieu of controls by agreement in the zoned commercial and industrial area within the geographical
jurisdiction of such authority. In all other controlled commercial and industrial areas, the
criteria set forth below shall apply: (1) SIZE OF SIGNS. a. For sign structures erected after
July 15, 1995, the maximum area for any one sign shall be 672 square feet with a maximum height
of 14 feet and a maximum length of 48 feet, inclusive of any border and trim on the sign face,
but excluding any embellishment on and cut-out...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title, for
the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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23-1-278
Section 23-1-278 Enforcement of division generally. (a) Any sign erected or maintained in an
adjacent area after February 10, 1972, and any outdoor advertising sign, display, or device
erected with the purpose of its message being read from the main-traveled way of any interstate
highway or primary highway outside of an urban area and beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way
after April 11, 1978, in violation of the provisions of this division or the rules and regulations
promulgated under the provisions of this division may be removed by the director upon 30 days'
prior notice by certified or registered mail to the owner thereof and to the owner of the
land on which said sign is located or through court proceedings at the option of the director.
No notice shall be required to be given to the owner of the sign or to a property owner whose
name is not stated on the sign or on the structure on which it is displayed or whose address
is not stated thereon and is not on file with the director....
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23-1-271
Section 23-1-271 Definitions. For the purposes of this division, unless otherwise indicated,
the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) ADJACENT AREA. An area which is adjacent to and within 660 feet of the nearest edge of
the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, which 660 feet distance shall be measured
horizontally along a line normal or perpendicular to the centerline of the highway. (2) BUSINESS
AREA. Any part of an adjacent area which is zoned for business, industrial, or commercial
activities under the authority of any law of this state or not zoned, but which constitutes
an unzoned commercial or industrial area as defined in this section. (3) CENTERLINE OF THE
HIGHWAY. A line equidistant from the edges of the median separating the main-traveled ways
of a divided highway or the centerline of the main-traveled way of a nondivided highway. (4)
COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PURPOSES OF UNZONED INDUSTRIAL AND...
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23-1-273
Section 23-1-273 Erection or maintenance of signs - Prohibited in adjacent areas; exceptions.
No sign shall, subject to the provisions of Section 23-1-274, be erected or maintained in
an adjacent area after February 10, 1972, nor shall any outdoor advertising sign, display,
or device with the purpose of its message being read from the main-traveled way of an interstate
highway or primary highway be erected after April 11, 1978, outside of an urban area beyond
660 feet of the nearest edge of right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway, except the
following: (1) Directional and official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining
to natural wonders, scenic and historical attractions, safety rest areas, and information
centers, which are authorized by the director, under promulgated rule, and which comply with
regulations promulgated by the director relative to their lighting, size, number, spacing,
and other such requirements as may be appropriate to implement this...
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32-5A-137
Section 32-5A-137 Stopping, standing, or parking prohibited in specified places. (a) Except
when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the directions
of a police officer or official traffic-control device, no person shall: (1) Stop, stand,
or park a vehicle: a. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or
curb of a street; b. On a sidewalk; c. Within an intersection; d. On a crosswalk; e. Between
a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite
the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by signs or markings; f.
Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking
would obstruct traffic; g. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure, upon a highway, or
within a highway tunnel; h. On any railroad tracks; i. At any place where official signs prohibit
stopping. (2) Stand or park a vehicle, whether occupied or not,...
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23-1-113
Section 23-1-113 Maintenance and repair - Stipulations and conditions. The following stipulations
and conditions shall obtain as to state maintenance of municipal connecting link roads: (1)
State maintenance of a city or town street traversed by a state maintained highway route shall
not extend beyond the back of the curb where a curb and gutter section exists and not beyond
the back or roadway ditch or the toe of fill slope where no curb and gutter is in place except
as necessary in the placing and maintaining of highway markers, etc. (2) The city or town
shall prepare a drawing, from which prints can be made, showing width of right-of-way of street
traversed by a highway route maintained by the state and it shall indicate thereon the width
of right-of-way on intersecting streets for a distance of 200 feet each way from the center
of the highway. (3) City or town to perform routine clean-up operations such as removal of
leaves, trash, soil from gutters, soil from drop inlets and catch...
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32-5-92
Section 32-5-92 Special speed limitations on bridges. (a) The Department of Transportation
or other proper state body upon request from any local authorities shall, or upon its own
initiative may, conduct an investigation of any public bridge, causeway or viaduct, and if
it shall thereupon find that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles
traveling at the speed otherwise permissible under this article, the department shall determine
and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can withstand, and shall cause
or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to be erected and maintained at a distance
of 100 feet before each end of such structure. When such public bridge, causeway or viaduct
is within a municipality, such suitable signs stating such maximum speed shall be erected
within such less distance of 100 feet before each end of such structure as the governing body
of such municipality shall so ordain. The findings and determination of the...
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23-1-279
Section 23-1-279 Nonconforming signs - Removal and payment of compensation generally. (a) Signs
outside of business areas which are lawfully in existence on February 10, 1972, but which
do not conform to the requirements in this division, are declared nonconforming and, subject
to Sections 23-1-280, 23-1-281, and 23-1-282, shall be removed by the sign owner and/or property
owner under agreement with the director, or under the authority of the director, upon agreement
between the parties as to just compensation. In the event no agreement can be reached as to
just compensation, the sign shall be removed and payment made therefor through petition filed
in probate court in accordance with Section 23-1-282. Outdoor advertising signs, displays,
or devices with the purpose of their message being read from the main-traveled way of any
interstate highway or primary highway erected prior to April 11, 1978, outside of an urban
area and beyond 660 feet of the edge of the right-of-way of such...
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32-5A-176
Section 32-5A-176 Special speed limitation over bridge or elevated structure; conclusive evidence
of speed. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure
constituting a part of a highway at a speed which is greater than the maximum speed which
can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is signposted
as provided in this section. (b) The Department of Transportation and local authorities on
highways under their respective jurisdictions may conduct an investigation of any bridge or
other elevated structure constituting a part of a highway, and if it shall thereupon find
that such structure cannot with safety to itself withstand vehicles traveling at the speed
otherwise permissible under this chapter, the Department of Transportation or local authority
shall determine and declare the maximum speed of vehicles which such structure can safely
withstand, and shall cause or permit suitable signs stating such maximum speed to...
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