Signs

41-6a-309.   Prohibition of unauthorized signs, signals, lights, or markings -- Commercial advertising -- Public nuisance -- Removal.

       (1) Except as provided in Section 41-6a-310, a person may not place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, light, marking, or device which:
       (a)  purports to be or which resembles a traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or authorized emergency vehicle flashing light;
       (b)  attempts to direct the movement of traffic;
       (c)  hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of a traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal; or
       (d)  blinds or dazzles an operator on any adjacent highway.
       (2) Except as provided under Section 72-7-504 regarding logo advertising, a person may not place or maintain any commercial advertising on any traffic-control device.
       (3)  The provisions of Subsections (1) and (2) do not prohibit a sign on private property adjacent to a highway providing directional information in a manner that may not be mistaken for a traffic-control device.
       (4)  Every prohibited sign, signal, or light, or marking is a public nuisance and the highway authority having jurisdiction over the highway may remove it or cause it to be removed without notice.

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