Indiana State Police · @Indstatepolice
27th Jun 2011 from Twitlonger
The Indiana State Police post in Fort Wayne is asking for your assistance in providing a friendly reminder to the public about placing advertising signage on highway right of ways, in particular, those rights of ways on I-69 and I-469. We are asking for this for two reasons: First, for personal and traffic safety and secondly, Indiana State law prohibits the placement of such signs and defines them as “a public nuisance”.
The attached photograph shows an example of some of the signs being seen around the area. Again, we are not dissuading the public from advertising their respective businesses; we are just asking that they do so in a safe and legal manner, in accordance with state law which states:
IC 9-21-4-6:
Advertising signs, signals, and devices; placement on or over roadway; prohibition; removal
Sec. 6. (a) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign, signal, or device on or over the roadway of a highway.
(b) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign, signal, or device on a highway in a city between the curb and sidewalk. If the curb and sidewalk join, a person may not place, maintain, or display on the sidewalk an advertising sign, signal, or device closer than ten (10) feet from the curb line. Overhanging signs may not overhang the curb.
(c) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign or device of any character within one hundred (100) feet of a highway outside the corporate limits of an incorporated city or town that obstructs the view of:
(1) the highway; or
(2) an intersecting highway, street, alley or private driveway;
Of a person traveling the highway for a distance of five hundred (500) feet or less from the sign or device as the person approaches the highway or intersecting highway.
(d) A person may not place, maintain, or display an advertising sign or a device of a permanent or semi-permanent character on a highway right-of-way.
(e) Each sign, signal or marking prohibited under this section is declared to be a public nuisance. The authority having jurisdiction over the highway may remove or cause to be removed the prohibited sign, signal, or marking without notice.