Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§
32-6-75.3 and
32-6-81, trees, shrubs, or other
property on the state right-of-way shall not be unlawfully destroyed, altered,
replaced, or removed. The Department will prosecute any infraction of this
provision and the permit or permits for the signs adjacent to such infraction
may be revoked. In order to revoke a permit the Department shall not be
required to obtain a criminal conviction for the destruction of the
property.
(a) Prior to revocation of a
permit the Department shall give 30 days' written notice via certified mail to
the permit holder and the landowner, this notice shall inform the landowner and
permit holder of the right to request a hearing in accordance with O.C.G.A.
§
50-13-13et
seq.
(b) The Department
may seek as an additional remedy at the same Administrative Hearing, in
addition to revocation of the permit, a prohibition of the erection or
maintenance of any signs within 500 feet on either side of that sign site or
sites for a period not to exceed five (5) years.
Notes
Ga. Comp. R.
& Regs. R. 672-6-.10
O.C.G.A. Secs.
32-2-2,
32-6-90,
50-13-4.
Original Rule entitled
"Destruction of Property on the Rights-of-Way" adopted. F.
Dec. 2, 1976; eff.
Dec. 22, 1976.
Amended: ER. 672-6-0.10-.10 entitled "Appeals"
adopted. F. Jan. 18, 1980; eff.
Jan. 17, 1980, the date of
adoption.
Amended: New Rule entitled "Destruction of Property on
the Rights-of-Way" adopted. F. Sept. 24,
1980; eff. Oct. 14,
1980.
Amended: F. Sept. 15,
1988; eff. Oct. 5,
1988.
Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F.
Feb. 22, 2005; eff.
Mar. 14, 2005.
Amended: F. Mar. 19,
2012; eff. Apr. 8,
2012.
