Title VIII, TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)

The term “utility” includes all privately, publicly, municipally, or cooperatively owned systems for supplying water, sewer, electric lights, street lights and traffic lights, gas, power, telegraph, telephone, transit, pipeline, heating plants, railroads, and bridges, or the like…

For the purposes of this chapter , a controlled-access facility is defined as a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or ease…

1. Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 , acting alone or in cooperation with each other or with any federal, state, or local agency or any other state having authority to participate in the cons…

Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 , are authorized to so design any controlled-access facility and to so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such faci…

1. For the purposes of this chapter , cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 , may acquire private or public property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of …

1. Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 , may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The state or any of its subdivisions shall hav…

Cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 are authorized to enter into agreements with each other, or with the federal government, respecting the financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maint…

In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility cities and highway authorities having jurisdiction and control over the highways of the state, as provided by chapter 306 , are authorized to plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, …

As used in this chapter : 1. “Advertising device” means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or any other device designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform, for which remuneration is paid or earned in exchange …

An advertising device shall not be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of the interstate system except in areas zoned and used for commercial or industrial purposes under authority of law, regulation, or ordinance of this state or a…

The department shall acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation all advertising devices existing on May 21, 1965, which violate the provisions of this chapter or which fail to conform to rules promulgated by the said department under this chapter and all rights and interests of a…

Any advertising device erected or maintained adjacent to any interstate system after May 21, 1965 in violation of this chapter or the rules promulgated by the department, is a public nuisance and may be removed by the department upon thirty days’ notice, by certified mail, to the…

Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of this chapter or in violation of rules and regulations promulgated by the department under this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306B.6 ]

The department may enter into agreements with the secretary of commerce of the United States concerning the erection, maintenance, regulation, location, frequency and related matters of advertising devices permitted under this chapter . [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306B.7 ]

The department may accept any allotment of funds by the United States or any department or agency thereof appropriated under Tit. 23 U.S.C. or amendments thereto to accomplish the purposes of this chapter . [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306B.8 ]

For the purposes of this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 2. “Interstate highway” includes “interstate road” and “interstate system” and means any highway of the national highway system at any time off…

For the purposes of this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Adjacent area” means an area which is contiguous to and within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any primary highway. 2. “Advertising device” means any outdoor sign, d…

Subject to the provisions made in section 306C.13 regarding control of bonus interstate highways and section 306D.4 regarding scenic highways or byways, an advertising device shall not be erected or maintained within any adjacent area, or on the right-of-way of any primary highwa…

An advertising device shall not be constructed or reconstructed beyond the adjacent area in unincorporated areas of the state if it is visible from the main-traveled way of any primary highway. Any advertising device permitted beyond an adjacent area in unincorporated areas of th…

The department shall control the erection and maintenance of advertising devices authorized by section 306C.11, subsection 1 , in accord with the following criteria, except that in the case of bonus interstate highways the department shall maintain the controls required under cha…

Any advertising device lawfully in existence in an adjacent area on July 1, 1972, which does not conform with the provisions of this subchapter , shall be required to be brought into conformity or removed within six years after July 1, 1972. Any advertising device lawfully erecte…

The department shall acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation, and shall pay just compensation upon the removal of any of the following advertising devices which are not in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter : 1. Advertising devices lawfully in existence on July …

Compensation required by section 306C.15 or 306C.24 shall be paid for the following: 1. The taking from the owner of such advertising device of all right, title, leasehold, and interest in such advertising device. 2. The taking from the owner of real property on which an advertis…

The provisions of chapters 6A and 6B shall be applicable to any such condemnation commenced pursuant to this subchapter , and the department may take immediate possession of and remove such advertising devices under the procedures of section 6B.25 . [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.17…

The owner of every advertising device regulated by section 306C.11, subsection 1, shall be required to make application to the department for a permit. 1. The application for a permit shall be on a form provided by the department and shall contain the name and address of the owne…

Any advertising device erected or maintained after July 1, 1972, in violation of this subchapter or the rules promulgated by the department, is a public nuisance and may be removed by the department upon thirty days’ notice, by certified mail, to the owner of the advertising devi…

A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any highway on the national highway system, except: 1. Those which are screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or oth…

The department shall enter into agreements with the duly constituted federal authorities in order to secure for the state all bonus federal funds allotted and appropriations to the state and to avoid loss or reduction, under 23 U.S.C. §131 , of federal aid funds apportioned or to…

1. The department may establish or enter into agreements with private persons, firms, or corporations for the establishment of information centers in rest areas on the interstate, freeway primary, and primary highways, subject to the approval of the appropriate authority of the f…

1. Definition. As used in this section , “off-premises advertising device” means an advertising device which does not qualify as an “on-premises sign” under rules adopted by the department pursuant to chapter 17A . 2. Just compensation required. Political subdivisions of this sta…

1. Any junkyard located outside a zoned or unzoned industrial area lawfully in existence on July 1, 1972, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled portion of any highway on the interstate system shall be screened…

The department may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the location, planting, construction, and maintenance of screening or fencing required by this chapter including materials to be used. However, such rules shall be in accordance with the standards, criteria and rule…

When the department determines that it is in the best interests of the state, it may acquire by gift, purchase, exchange, or condemnation, as provided by law, such property or rights or interests in property as may be necessary to provide adequate screening for junkyards. When th…

Any junkyard which does not conform to the requirements of this subchapter and which is not excepted under section 306C.2 or 306C.3 , is a public nuisance. The department may apply for an injunction to abate any nuisance arising from a violation of the provisions of this subchapt…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation, or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this subchapter . [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §306C.7 ] 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121

The department may enter into agreements with the United States secretary of transportation as provided by Tit. 23, United States Code, relating to control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate system, and take action in the name of the state to comply with the terms o…

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as permitting the taking of private property or the restriction of the reasonable and existing uses of such property without just compensation and in accordance with the provisions of chapter 6B and Tit. 23, United States Code. [C73, …

1. The general assembly finds that: a. The state offers numerous regions through which people can drive for the pleasure of viewing unusually scenic and interesting landscapes; however, routes to and through these areas have not been adequately identified for Iowans and state vis…

1. The state department of transportation shall prepare a statewide, long-range plan for the protection, enhancement, and identification of highways and secondary roads which pass through unusually scenic areas of the state as identified in section 306D.1 . The department of natu…

1. The department’s recommendations to the general assembly shall include proposed legislation for the state to acquire and protect scenic landscapes along public roads and highways. 2. Before January 1, 1989, the department shall identify four pilot scenic highway routes across …

1. The department of transportation shall have the authority to adopt rules to control the erection of new advertising devices on a highway designated as a scenic highway or scenic byway in order to comply with federal requirements concerning the implementation of a scenic byways…

When used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Director” means the director of transportation or the director’s designee. 2. “Department” means the state department of transportation. 3. “Commission” means the state transportation commission established in…

1. The governor shall appoint a director of transportation, subject to confirmation by the senate, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and who shall not be a member of the commission. The director shall not hold any other office under the laws of the United States or …

1. The director shall: a. Manage the internal operations of the department and establish guidelines and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration of the department. b. Employ personnel as necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the departmen…

The director may reassign personnel within the department among the various divisions of the department in order to properly coordinate the work of the divisions and perform the duties and responsibilities of the department efficiently and economically. However, any employee so t…

The department shall publish a map of the state of Iowa. At the request of a citizen of a particular city or town, the department shall add the city or town to the existing map of Iowa and identify the main road leading into the city or town if the city or town meets two or more …