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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 479
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
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F.S. 479.02
479.02 Duties of the department.The department shall:
(1) Administer and enforce this chapter, the 1972 agreement between the state and the United States Department of Transportation, Title 23 of the United States Code, and federal regulations, including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the maintenance, continuance, and removal of nonconforming signs.
(2) Regulate size, height, lighting, and spacing of signs permitted on commercial and industrial parcels and in unzoned commercial or industrial areas on the interstate highway system and the federal-aid primary highway system.
(3) Determine commercial and industrial parcels and unzoned commercial or industrial areas in the manner provided in s. 479.024.
(4) Implement a specific information panel program on the limited access highway system to promote tourist-oriented businesses by providing directional information safely and aesthetically.
(5) Implement a rest area information panel or devices program at rest areas along the interstate highway system and the federal-aid primary highway system to promote tourist-oriented businesses.
(6) Test and, if economically feasible, implement alternative methods of providing information in the specific interest of the traveling public which allow the traveling public freedom of choice, conserve natural beauty, and present information safely and aesthetically.
(7) Adopt such rules as the department deems necessary or proper for the administration of this chapter, including rules that identify activities that may not be recognized as industrial or commercial activities for purposes of determination of a commercial or industrial parcel or an unzoned commercial or industrial area in the manner provided in s. 479.024.
(8) Inventory and determine the location of all signs on the state highway system, interstate highway system, and federal-aid primary highway system to be used as the database and permit information for all permitted signs. The inventory shall be updated at least every 2 years. The department may perform the inventory using department staff or may contract with a private firm to perform the work, whichever is more cost-efficient. The department shall maintain a database of sign inventory information such as sign location, size, height, and structure type, the permittee’s name, and any other information the department finds necessary to administer the program.
History.s. 2, ch. 20446, 1941; s. 5, ch. 67-461; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 2, ch. 71-971; s. 1, ch. 72-274; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 2, ch. 78-8; s. 134, ch. 79-164; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 3, 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 33, ch. 94-237; s. 1, ch. 96-201; s. 4, ch. 2014-215; s. 25, ch. 2014-223.

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Amendments to 479.02


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 479.02
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 479.02.



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CBS OUTDOOR INC. SLG LLC, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 124 So. 3d 383 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

. . . See, e.g., § 479.02, Fla. Stat. . . .

LAMAR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING- LAKELAND, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 17 So. 3d 799 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . The ALJ disagreed and found sections 479.02(1) and 339.05, Florida Statutes (2007), provide support for . . . First, we find the ALJ erred in determining that section 479.02 authorizes Rule 14-10.007(2)(b). . . . Section 479.02(1), therefore, cannot provide the necessary authority for Rule 14-10.007(2)(b). . . . In contrast to section 479.02(1), subsection (2) contains the word “height.” . . . Specific Authority 334.044(2), 479.02(7) FS. Law Implemented 339.05, 479.02, 479.07(9) FS. . . . .

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, v. MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 15 So. 3d 642 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

. . . sign which violated the spacing requirement which was part of the federal regulations when section 479.02 . . .

CAFE EROTICA We v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 830 So. 2d 181 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

. . . See § 479.02(1), Fla. Stat. (2001). . . .

CHANCELLOR MEDIA WHITECO OUTDOOR CORPORATION, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 796 So. 2d 547 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . Pursuant to section 479.02(1), Florida Statutes, administration and enforcement of the agreement have . . .

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT v. CHARLOTTE COUNTY,, 774 So. 2d 903 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

. . . 311.105(l)(e), 364.052(5), 388.4111(2)(c), 403.702(2)(a), 403.704(17), 403.707(6)(c), 420.5087(4), 479.02 . . .

HANCOCK ADVERTISING, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 549 So. 2d 1086 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

. . . . § 479.02(2), Fla.Stat. (1987); see Fla.Admin. . . . of the legislature in enacting this chapter is to regulate signs adjacent to regulated highways. § 479.02 . . .

MCDONALD S CORPORATION, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE OF FLORIDA,, 535 So. 2d 323 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1988)

. . . that appellant’s business establishment sign was erected in violation of section 479.105 and section 479.02 . . . Section 479.105 provides for the removal of signs which require permits and do not have same; and Section 479.02 . . .

TRI- STATE SYSTEMS, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 500 So. 2d 182 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Section 479.02(3) requires DOT to “determine unzoned commercial areas and unzoned industrial areas” when . . .

E. HAMMOND, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 493 So. 2d 33 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . But section 479.02(2), Florida Statutes, expressly directs DOT to regulate advertising signs along the . . .

UNITED STATES v. De BUSHROD,, 763 F.2d 1051 (9th Cir. 1985)

. . . agent recorded the conversation between Pink and Pierce in which they agreed to settle the debt of $479.02 . . .

BEST WESTERN TIVOLI INN v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 448 So. 2d 1052 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . industrial zoned or commercial and industrial unzoned areas subject to agreement established by s. 479.02 . . .

BEST WESTERN TIVOLI INN v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 435 So. 2d 321 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Florida Department of Transportation, 398 So.2d 1370 (Fla.1981) and sec. 479.02, Fla. . . .

LaPOINTE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 398 So. 2d 1370 (Fla. 1981)

. . . .-24, Florida Statutes (1977), for requiring the sign’s removal for violation of section 479.02(1), Florida . . . DOT thereafter cited LaPointe for violation of section 479.02, erecting a sign within 1000 feet of a . . . Section 479.02(1) provides: 479.02 Enforcement of provisions by department. — It shall be the function . . .

CITY OF LAKE WALES, v. LAMAR ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION OF LAKELAND, a d b a, 399 So. 2d 981 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . . § 479.02, Fla.Stat. (1979). . . .

LA POINTE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 382 So. 2d 1347 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1980)

. . . Department of Transportation ordering removal of its outdoor advertising sign found to violate Sections 479.02 . . . a letter advising it that its sign, located within 1000 feet of a permitted sign, violated Section 479.02 . . . Section 479.02, Florida Statutes (1971), authorized the Governor to execute an agreement with the Secretary . . . contest the Department’s findings regarding the permit violation. (§ 497.07(1), Fla.Stat. (1977).) . 479.02 . . .

A. W. LEE, Jr. v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 366 So. 2d 116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1979)

. . . Law Implemented 479.02, 479.05, 479.11, 479.10 and 479.16 F.S., Agreement between Governor and U. . . .

P. BRAZIL, B B v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 347 So. 2d 755 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1977)

. . . Section 479.02, Florida Statutes (1971), authorized the governor to execute an agreement with the appropriate . . . We find, however, DOT had ample enforcement powers under Section 479.02 aside from the agreement. . . . However, Section 479.02 was amended, effective April 21, 1972, by Chapter 72-274, Laws of Florida, as . . . It is only affected by the spacing regulation set down by § 479.02 and 23 C.F.R. section 20.7(b)(2). . . . confusion: “479.02 Enforcement of provisions by department. . . .