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SB 0607A <br />Relating Clause: Relating to outdoor advertising signs <br />Title:{ - Prohibits use of certain lighting on signs viewed by traveling public on certain <br />highways. Directs local government to impose fines for violation. - } <br />{ + Provides that city or county may not prohibit replacement of existing outdoor <br />advertising sign if sign meets specified criteria. Prohibits Department of Transportation <br />from issuing permit to replace sign unless person seeking permit submits certification by <br />city or county that sign complies with criteria. + } <br />Sponsored By:SENATOR Hass <br />URL:http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0600.dir/sb0607.a.pdf <br />ContactRespondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Policy No Recommendation <br />Mike McKerrow <br />PDD-BPS <br />Mike McKerrow 5/7/2009 Pri 2 No Oppose <br />This new bill would prohibit the City from phasing out legal nonconforming billboards <br />Comments: <br />over time. The City no longer uses an amortization deadline to remove billboards that are <br />too large or tall. Instead, when those billboards reach the end of their structural life, they <br />must be replaced with billboards complying with current sign standards. The criteria under <br />Section 2, allows them to be rebuilt at the previous standard, never coming into <br />compliance. In summary, if this bill passes as worded, all legal nonconforming billboards <br />could be rebuilt perpetually. <br /> 9 <br />