(LATE FILED)	Amendment
Bill No. 0926

Amendment No. 185701

CHAMBER ACTION
Senate		House
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1	Representative(s) Mayfield offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	On page 25, lines 10 and 11,
5	remove:  all of said lines
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7	and insert:
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9	Section 9.  Subsection (6) of section 479.106, Florida
10	Statutes, is amended to read:
11	479.106  Vegetation management and view zone.--
12	(6)  Beautification projects, trees, or other vegetation
13	shall not be planted or located in the view zone of an area
14	which will screen from view legally erected and permitted
15	outdoor advertising signs which have been permitted prior to the
16	date of the beautification project or other planting, where such
17	planting will, at the time of planting or after future growth,
18	screen such sign from view. For the State Highway System and
19	expressways, whether or not annexed into the jurisdiction of a
20	municipality, the view zone shall consist of 500 linear feet
21	within the first 1,000 feet as measured along the edge of the
22	pavement in the direction of approaching traffic from a point on
23	the edge of the pavement perpendicular to the edge of the sign
24	facing nearest the highway. For the State Highway System and
25	expressways, whether or not annexed into the jurisdiction of a
26	municipality, the view zone shall be a continuous 500 linear
27	feet unless interrupted by existing, naturally occurring
28	vegetation. The department and the sign owner may enter into an
29	agreement identifying the specific location of the view zone for
30	each sign facing. In the absence of such agreement, the view
31	zone shall be defined as the first continuous 500 linear feet
32	from the sign. Any governmental entity or other party violating
33	this provision shall pay to the sign owner a penalty equal to
34	the lesser of the revenue from the sign lost during the time of
35	the screening or the fair market value of the sign.
36	Section 10.  Section 479.25, Florida Statutes, is amended
37	to read:
38	479.25  Application of chapter; local government
39	permitting.--The owner of a lawfully erected sign that is
40	governed by and conforms to state and federal requirements for
41	land use, size, height, and spacing may increase the height
42	above ground level of such sign This chapter does not prevent a
43	governmental entity from entering into an agreement allowing the
44	height above ground level of a lawfully erected sign to be
45	increased at its permitted location if a noise-attenuation
46	barrier, visibility screen, or other highway improvement is
47	permitted by or erected by any governmental entity in such a way
48	as to screen or block visibility of the sign. However, if a
49	nonconforming sign is located on the federal-aid primary highway
50	system, as such system existed on June 1, 1991, or on any
51	highway that was not a part of such system as of that date but
52	that is or becomes after June 1, 1991, a part of the National
53	Highway System, the agreement must be approved by the Federal
54	Highway Administration. Any increase in height permitted under
55	this section may only be the increase in height which is
56	required to achieve the same degree of visibility from the
57	right-of-way which the sign had prior to the construction of the
58	noise-attenuation barrier, notwithstanding the restrictions
59	contained in s. 479.07(9)(b). A sign reconstructed under this
60	section shall comply with the building standards and wind load
61	requirements set forth in the Florida Building Code. A local
62	government or local jurisdiction must issue the permits required
63	for the reconstruction of a sign under this section,
64	notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the
65	ordinances or land development regulations of the local
66	government or local jurisdiction or, if the local government or
67	local jurisdiction refuses to issue the required permits for
68	reconstruction of a sign under this section, the sign may not be
69	reconstructed and the local government or local jurisdiction
70	must pay just compensation to the owner of the sign visibility
71	screen, or other highway improvement.
72	Section 11.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
73	law.
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77	On page 2, line 28,
78	remove:  all of said line
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80	and insert:
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82	of ch. 171, F.S.; amending s. 479.106, F.S.; revising
83	provisions relating to the proximity of vegetation and
84	beautification projects to outdoor advertising signs;
85	specifying distances which constitute a view zone on the
86	State Highway System and expressways for outdoor
87	advertising signs; authorizing the Department of
88	Transportation and owners of outdoor advertising signs to
89	enter into agreements identifying view zone locations;
90	requiring governmental entities and other violators to pay
91	for lost revenues or sign market values for violation of
92	view zone requirements; amending s. 479.25, F.S.; allowing
93	permitted, conforming, lawfully erected outdoor
94	advertising signs to be increased in height if visibility
95	is blocked due to construction of specified noise
96	attenuation barriers; requiring sign reconstruction to
97	meet Florida Building Code requirements; requiring the
98	issuance of local permits for the reconstruction of signs
99	notwithstanding local ordinances or land development
100	regulations to the contrary; requiring local governments
101	or local jurisdictions to pay just compensation for
102	refusal to issue a reconstruction permit; providing an
103	effective date.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.