S320 - Revisions to Outdoor Advertising Laws

• Increases permit fees for outdoor advertising: $600 initial fee and $200 renewal fee for three-year periods, with additional fees for relocations and changeable message sign conversions.

• Establishes 30-day decision deadline for permit applications and appeals; failure to respond within 30 days results in automatic approval of the permit or appeal.

• Clarifies just compensation standards for eminent domain takings of outdoor advertising by including sales comparables, physical condition, rental income, zoning effects, permit value, and relocation feasibility as valuation factors.

• Allows repair, maintenance, alteration, relocation, and reconstruction of permitted outdoor advertising without municipal/county zoning restrictions, including conversion to changeable message signs with specified technical requirements.

• Permits relocation of outdoor advertising within the same zoning jurisdiction adjacent to interstate or primary highways, and allows vegetation removal to improve sign visibility subject to permit requirements.