| 1 | Representative Cannon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (046849) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 2430 and 2431, insert: |
| 5 | Section 44. Section 479.156, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 479.156 Wall murals.--Notwithstanding any other provision |
| 8 | of this chapter, a municipality or county may permit and |
| 9 | regulate wall murals within areas designated by such government. |
| 10 | If a municipality or county permits wall murals, a wall mural |
| 11 | that displays a commercial message and is within 660 feet of the |
| 12 | nearest edge of the right-of-way within an area adjacent to the |
| 13 | interstate highway system or the federal-aid primary highway |
| 14 | system shall be located in an area that is zoned for industrial |
| 15 | or commercial use and the municipality or county shall establish |
| 16 | and enforce regulations for such areas that, at a minimum, set |
| 17 | forth criteria governing the size, lighting, and spacing of wall |
| 18 | murals consistent with the intent of the Highway Beautification |
| 19 | Act of 1965 and with customary use. Whenever a municipality or |
| 20 | county exercises such control and makes a determination of |
| 21 | customary use, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s. 131(d), such |
| 22 | determination shall be accepted in lieu of controls in the |
| 23 | agreement between the state and the United States Department of |
| 24 | Transportation, and the department shall certify effective local |
| 25 | control pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s. 131(d) and C.F.R. s. |
| 26 | 750.706(c). A wall mural that is subject to municipal or county |
| 27 | regulation and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 must be |
| 28 | approved by the Department of Transportation pursuant to and the |
| 29 | Federal Highway Administration and may not violate the agreement |
| 30 | and between the state and the United States Department of |
| 31 | Transportation or violate federal regulations enforced by the |
| 32 | Department of Transportation under s. 479.02(1). The existence |
| 33 | of a wall mural as defined in s. 479.01(27) shall not be |
| 34 | considered in determining whether a sign as defined in s. |
| 35 | 479.01(17), either existing or new, is in compliance with s. |
| 36 | 479.07(9)(a). |
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| 40 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 41 | Between lines 4097 and 4098, insert: |
| 42 | amending s. 479.156, F.S.; revising provisions for a |
| 43 | municipality or county to permit and regulate wall murals; |