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IN SB0348
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Enrolled Act No. 348 Summary
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Signs up to 32 square feet are protected from local enforcement of size and quantity ordinances beginning 60 days before an election through the fifth day after the election.
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For two-faced signs mounted back to back with an angle of 15 degrees or less between faces, only one face's surface area counts toward the 32 square foot limit.
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Political subdivisions may still enforce sign ordinances at any time if necessary to ensure public safety.
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Development permits and approvals are governed by statutes, ordinances, and regulations in effect when a complete application is filed, remaining unchanged for at least 3 years or until 10 years after development commences, whichever is earlier.
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Sign regulations must allow owners to substitute noncommercial messages for commercial messages without requiring additional permits, preventing discrimination between commercial and noncommercial speech.
Legislative Description
Regulation of signs. Provides that an ordinance or a regulation of a political subdivision relating to the number or size of signs is unenforceable beginning 60 days before an election and ending at the beginning of the sixth day after the election. Provides that for purposes of the statute, a "sign" refers to a sign, the surface area of which is not greater than 32 square feet. (Provides that the measurement of the surface area of a sign that has two faces is determined by measuring the surface area of only one of the faces if the faces are mounted
Last Action
Public Law 211
4/27/2017