Title XX, Transportation

No person shall erect or maintain more than 10 advertising devices in federal highway or turnpike adjacent areas other than such devices described in RSA 236:73, III, IV and V without first obtaining a license from the commissioner of transportation. The fee for such license shal…

No advertising device other than such a device described in RSA 236:73, III, IV and V shall be erected or maintained in a federal highway or turnpike adjacent area without a permit issued by the commissioner of transportation. Application for a permit or renewal of a permit shall…

For any new official business directional signs authorized after July 14, 1987, and beginning April 1, 1988, for all official business directional signs authorized by the commissioner to serve privately owned businesses, an annual permit fee of $10 shall be collected by the commi…

After January 1, 1970, no advertising devices shall be erected or maintained within a federal highway adjacent area and after January 1, 1972, no advertising devices shall be erected or maintained within a turnpike adjacent area except the following: I. Advertising devices locate…

I. Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Highway Administration, the department of transportation shall incorporate the use of "RV friendly" markers on specific business directional signs for business establishments that cater to the needs of persons driving recreational v…

The department of transportation shall design, locate, and erect along state highways suitable signs to advertise nearby state liquor stores.

Subject to the provisions of RSA 236:71, 72 and 73 and except as otherwise provided in RSA 236:77, after January 1, 1970, erection and maintenance of advertising devices located in federal highway adjacent areas and after January 1, 1972, erection and maintenance of advertising d…

Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, it shall be unlawful to affix, attach or display any advertisement upon any object of nature, utility pole, telephone booth, or highway sign, directly in such a manner that the object of nature, utility pole, telephone bo…

Nothing herein shall prevent an owner of land from using, or permitting the use of, his land for outdoor advertising purposes where said owner's land abuts a highway parallel to, or nearly parallel to and less than 660 feet from the edge of right-of-way of an interstate, federal …

At any time following the end of the fifth year after a sign becomes nonconforming the commissioner of transportation may, by registered or certified mail, revoke the permit and order the removal of such nonconforming sign, which order shall be final on the date of mailing. Until…

I. A license under this subdivision may be denied or revoked, or a renewal denied, only: (a) for false or misleading information given in the application for such license or renewal or (b) for the erection or maintenance of advertising devices in violation of the provisions of th…

After an order for removal has become final, the owner of the advertising device may remove it at his own expense. If such device has not been removed within 30 days after such an order has become final, the commissioner of transportation, or his duly authorized agents, may enter…

Any person who willfully removes, injures, defaces or damages any guard rail, guide board, sign, post, marker, or the letters or figures thereon, or any traffic device or traffic signal, or any design, marking or wording used to designate a highway route or painted on the highway…

I. Just compensation shall be paid to the owner of the advertising device and to the owner of the land upon which it is located upon the removal, on or after January 1, 1970, of any such device required to be removed by reason of nonconformity with the provisions of this subdivis…

Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of the provisions hereof and required to be removed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

In addition to any other remedy provided by this subdivision or by law, the commissioner of the department of transportation may obtain a mandatory injunction to enjoin the violation of any provision of this subdivision relative to outdoor advertising control.

The commissioner of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, for the foregoing purposes.

The commissioner of transportation may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate federal official of the United States as provided by section 131 of Title 23, United States Code, provided that any such agreement shall be consistent with, and not mo…

I. The commissioner of transportation may adopt rules under RSA 541-A which are reasonable and consistent with, but not more restrictive than, the provisions of this subdivision relative to: (a) Informational and directional signs; provided that the commissioner shall adopt rules…

If any provisions of this subdivision or the application of such provisions to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this subdivision and applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

I. The commissioner of transportation shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate federal official of the United States as provided by subsection (f) of section 131 of Title 23, United States Code, provide within the rights-of-way for areas at appro…

School bus shelters for school children where used for or constructed to carry advertising matter, when approved by the superintending school committee of the town in which they are located, and upon payment of applicable license and permit fees may be placed or maintained outsid…

Except as provided in RSA 236:88-a, any advertising device so located as to be within the right-of-way of any interstate, federal aid primary, federal aid secondary, or turnpike highway shall be deemed to be illegally located. Removal and disposal of said device shall be effected…

I. Notwithstanding RSA 236:88 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a business owner whose property abuts upon and has legal driveway access to the right-of-way of any class I, class II, or class III highway may, upon obtaining the approval of the department, place a sig…

It shall be unlawful to excavate or disturb the shoulders, ditches, embankments or the surface improved for travel of any class I or class III highway or state-maintained portion of any class II highway for any purpose whatever without written permission from the commissioner of …

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and in the public interest to provide for effective control of the establishment, use, and maintenance of junk yards adjacent to the interstate and turnpike systems in order to protect the public investment in such highways, to…

For the purpose of this subdivision, the following words and phrases shall be construed as follows: I. "Effective control" means that by January 1, 1968, all junk yards located within 1,000 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way or visible from the main traveled way of th…

The commissioner of transportation is authorized to issue reasonable rules and regulations to provide for effective control of junk yards and automotive recycling yards in conformance with rules and regulations issued by an appropriate department or agency of the United States an…

A person shall not operate, establish or maintain a junk yard or automotive recycling yard under the provisions of this subdivision until he (1) has obtained a license to operate a junk yard or automotive recycling yard business and (2) has obtained a certificate of approval for …

A hearing on the application shall be held within the municipality. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given in the application and the notice shall be published once in a newspaper having a circulation within the munici…

At the time and place set for hearing, the commissioner of transportation or his agent shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for a license to operate, establish, or maintain the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In passing upo…

At the time and place set for hearing, the commissioner of transportation or his or her agent shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for certificate of approval for the location of the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In passi…

After the hearing the commissioner of transportation shall, within 2 weeks, make a finding as to whether or not the application should be granted, giving notice of his finding to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given on the application. If approved by the c…

The annual license fee is $35 to be paid at the time the application is made and annually thereafter on April 1 in the event of renewal. If the application is not granted, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. All fees shall be deposited in the highway fund.

For the purposes of this subdivision the location of junk yards or automotive recycling yards already lawfully established are considered approved by the commissioner of transportation where located and the owner of the yard considered suitable for the issuance of a temporary lic…