Title 19 — Highways and Ferries
16 chapters · 239 sections in this title.
AS 19.25.010 Use of rights-of-way for utilities.
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A utility facility may be constructed, placed, or maintained across, along, over, under, or within a state right-of-way only in accordance with regulations adopted by the department and if authorized by a written permit issued by the department. The department may charge a fee fo…
AS 19.25.020 Relocation of utilities incident to highway projects.
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(a) If, incident to the construction of a highway project, the department determines and orders that a utility facility located across, along, over, under, or within a state right-of-way must be changed, relocated, or removed, the utility owning or maintaining the facility shall …
AS 19.25.030 Secs. 19.25.030 — 19.25.040. Damages and obstructions. [Repealed, § 5 ch 52 SLA 1988.]
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Article 2. Outdoor Advertising.
AS 19.25.075 Findings and intent of the people of the State of Alaska.
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(a) The people of the State of Alaska find that the presence of billboards visible from Alaska's highways endangers Alaska's uniqueness and its scenic beauty. (b) It is the intent of the people of the State of Alaska that Alaska shall forever remain free of billboards.
AS 19.25.080 Purpose.
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The purposes of AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180 are (1) to protect the public safety and the welfare of persons using the highways of the state by having outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices along the highways controlled; (2) to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators …
AS 19.25.090 Outdoor advertising prohibited.
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Except as provided in AS 19.25.105, all outdoor advertising is prohibited.
AS 19.25.100 Rural signs. [Repealed, § 14 ch 155 SLA 1970.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.25.105 Limitations of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices.
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(a) Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the interstate, primary, or secondary highways in this state except the following: (1) directional and other official signs a…
AS 19.25.110 Secs. 19.25.110 — 19.25.120. Removal of nonconforming advertising; neglect or refusal to obey removal order. [Repealed, § 43 ch 85 SLA 1988.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.25.123 [Renumbered as AS 19.05.123.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 19.25.130 Penalty for violation.
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A person who violates AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, or a regulation adopted under AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $5,000.
AS 19.25.140 Compensation for removal of advertising.
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(a) The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation all advertising devices and any property rights pertaining to them when the advertising devices are required to be removed under AS 19.25.150. (b) Damages resulting from a taking in eminent domain shal…
AS 19.25.150 Unlawful advertising.
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An advertising sign, display, or device that violates the provisions of AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180 is a public nuisance. The department shall give 30 days' notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the land on which the advertising sign, display, or device is located, ordering its…
AS 19.25.160 Definitions.
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In AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, (1) “billboards” means any signboards, signs, displays, notices, or forms of outdoor advertising that do not strictly comply with the provisions of AS 19.25.075 — 19.25.180, or with any permit or permits issued pursuant to AS 19.25.075 — 19.25.180; (2…
AS 19.25.170 Agreements with the United States; regulations.
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The department is authorized to enter into agreements in conformity with the provisions of this title with the United States Secretary of Transportation as provided by 23 U.S.C. relating to the control of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices in areas adjacent to inter…
AS 19.25.180 Applicability of municipal enactments.
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Article 3. Encroachments in Highways. Notwithstanding AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180, a municipality may enact ordinances that regulate outdoor advertising in a way that is more restrictive than the provisions of AS 19.25.080 — 19.25.180.
AS 19.25.200 Encroachment permits; liability.
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(a) An encroachment may be constructed, placed, changed, or maintained across or along a highway, but only in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. An encroachment may not be constructed, placed, maintained, or changed until it is authorized by a written permit i…
AS 19.25.210 Relocation or removal of encroachment.
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If, incidental to the construction or maintenance of a state highway, the department determines and orders that an encroachment previously authorized by written permit must be changed, relocated, or removed, the owner of the encroachment shall change, relocate, or remove it at no…
AS 19.25.220 Unauthorized encroachments.
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If an unauthorized encroachment exists in, on, under, or over a state highway, the department may require the removal of the encroachment in the manner provided in AS 19.25.230 — 19.25.250.
AS 19.25.230 Notice of removal.
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Except as otherwise provided in AS 19.25.200, 19.25.210, and 19.25.240, notice shall be given the owner, occupant, or person in possession of the encroachment, or to any other person causing or permitting the encroachment to exist, by serving upon any of them a notice demanding t…
AS 19.25.240 Summary removal.
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The department may at any time remove from a state highway or road an encroachment that obstructs or prevents the use of the highway or road by the public.
AS 19.25.250 Removal after noncompliance; removal expense.
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Article 4. Roadside Memorials. After a failure of the owner of an encroachment to comply with a notice or demand of the department under the provisions of AS 19.25.200, 19.25.210 and 19.25.230, the department may remove, or cause to be removed, the encroachment, and the owner of …
AS 19.25.260 Roadside memorials permitted.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 19.25.090, 19.25.105, and 19.25.200, a person may, for a period of not more than two years, place in the right-of-way but outside of the traveled way of a state highway a temporary memorial for a decedent who died as a result of a traffic accident, or other…
AS 19.25.270 Relocation or removal of memorial.
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(a) If, incidental to the construction or maintenance of a state highway, the department determines that a memorial authorized by AS 19.25.260 must be changed, relocated, or removed, the person who placed the memorial within the right-of-way shall change, relocate, or remove the …