Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 672-6-.06 - Revision of a Conforming Permit
(1) In accordance with requirements of the
O.C.G.A. §§
32-6-75 and
32-6-76, the following limited
revisions may be made in a previously approved conforming permit and sign upon
the submission of a written request from the permit holder or his authorized
representative and receipt of the Department's approval prior to the making of
the revisions, providing, no alterations or additions are to be made until
written approval has been granted by the Department of Transportation:
(a) The number of faces of the outdoor
advertising;
(b) The number of
facings of the outdoor advertising;
(c) An increase in the size of the outdoor
advertising;
(d) The addition of
illumination; and
(e) The addition
of a readerboard.
(2)
Revisions under O.C.G.A. §
32-6-75(c) shall
require an Application for Multiple Message Supplement.
(a) Signs with the ability to change copy,
regardless of technology, must obtain a multiple message supplement prior to
erection.
(b) Revisions in display
technology must obtain a multiple message supplement approval prior to
erection.
(c) Conditions for
issuance of Multi-Message Outdoor Advertising Supplement:
1. Proposed sign locations, regardless of
technology, shall not be located within 5,000 feet of an existing or approved
multi-message sign on the same side of the road.
2. Contact information of a capable and
authorized person to make prompt modifications to the displays and lighting
levels should the need arise. In the event the contact person is unobtainable
or unresponsive, the permit holder grants to the Department the authority to
access and disable the sign in cases of emergency or when the sign poses a
threat to public safety.
3.
Displays shall contain static messages only, changed instantaneously, through
transitions that do not have the appearance of moving text or images. In any
event, such signs may not have movement, or the appearance of or illusion of
movement, of any part of the sign structure, design, or pictorial segment of
the sign, including the movement of any illumination or the flashing,
scintillating or varying of light intensity.
4. Dark backgrounds with light lettering or
symbols are preferred between dusk and dawn to reduce potential hazardous
effects. In any event glare or excessive brightness that poses a threat to
public safety is to be avoided.
5.
Should the Department, at its discretion, find the sign, any display or effect
thereon, to cause glare or impair the vision of the traveling public or which
otherwise interferes with the operation of the roadway facility, upon request,
the owner of the sign shall promptly reduce the intensity or contrast of the
sign to a level acceptable to the Department, or make any other changes
necessary to reduce the interference with the operation of the roadway
facility. Failure to make changes on the request shall be cause for revocation
of the multi-message permit.
6.
Should any endangered or threatened species of wildlife be found nesting or
foraging on or in close proximity to the structure, the sign face shall remain
frozen until such a time as the Department, in conjunction with the sign owner
and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection
Division, determines the appropriate remediation to minimize potential harm
from the sign or changes to the sign face.
7. Electronic signs shall, in addition to the
requirements set out above, comply with the conditions for multiple message
signs contained in the Official Code of Georgia annotated and any other
applicable laws, rules or regulations.
(3) The sign shall be operating in accordance
with the permit within twelve (12) months of approval or shall expire without
further notice. The permit holder shall provide the Department notice when the
sign begins operating in accordance with the multi-message
supplement.
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