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SB 809 - This act imposes certain outdoor advertising regulations to off-premise billboards within 660 feet of Interstate 70 and Interstate 44 during the period new construction takes place on such interstates. The regulations applicable to the interstates require spacing between outdoor advertising structures on the same side of the highway to be 500 feet. Stacked structures are allowed provided the total display area of any sign may not exceed 1,200 square feet in any one direction. Sign structures must be located on commercial or industrially zoned property or be within 750 feet of a commercial business. Outdoor advertising structures may not exceed 1,200 square feet of display area in any one direction. The relocation or rebuilding of existing conforming signs to be displaced by highway construction shall be allowed and shall not require a new sign permit provided the relocation is on the same or adjoining property, the sign would remain conforming under the size and spacing requirements provided in this act and a relocation agreement has been executed between the sign owner and the department. If the department intends to condemn an existing sign in conjunction with highway improvements on I-70 or I-44, the department shall provide written notice of the proposed condemnation to the sign owner and the land owner upon which the existing sign is located. The owner of existing sign structures which conform to the requirements of the act may voluntarily execute a relocation agreement with the commission which specifies the size, type, and new location of the sign to be relocated or rebuilt as well as the amount of relocation costs to be paid by the department in conjunction with the relocation or rebuilding of the billboard. In the event a conforming sign cannot be relocated or the owner declines to do so, the department shall pay the owner of such sign structure just compensation. Relocated or rebuilt signs may be increased in size not to exceed 800 square feet in any one direction and may include new or different materials and lighting may be added to existing conforming signs. Under the act, the department will impose a temporary moratorium on permits for new signs during the highway construction and while the size, spacing, and location requirements provided in the act are in effect. Under the act, no local zoning authority may prohibit the relocation or rebuilding, on the same or adjoining premises, of existing signs displaced by I-70 or I-44 construction and which conform to the size and spacing provisions. Local zoning authorities may require a building permit only to assure the rebuilt sign complies with reasonable wind load and electrical safety requirements and may charge a permit fee equal to the cost to review and issue such permit. Upon the completion of construction on I-70 or I-44, the temporary moratorium on sign permits shall be lifted and new permits shall be issued in accordance with the regulations in effect at that time on other Missouri primary and interstate highways. STEPHEN WITTE
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