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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. 479.111
479.111 Specified signs allowed within controlled portions of the interstate and federal-aid primary highway system.Only the following signs shall be allowed within controlled portions of the interstate highway system and the federal-aid primary highway system as set forth in s. 479.11(1) and (2):
(1) Directional or other official signs and notices that conform to 23 C.F.R. ss. 750.151-750.155.
(2) Signs in commercial-zoned and industrial-zoned areas or commercial-unzoned and industrial-unzoned areas and within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way, subject to the requirements set forth in the 1972 agreement between the state and the United States Department of Transportation.
(3) Signs for which permits are not required under s. 479.16.
History.s. 6, ch. 71-971; s. 3, ch. 75-202; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 3, ch. 78-8; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 13, 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 75, ch. 85-81; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 15, ch. 2014-215; s. 36, ch. 2014-223.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 479.111
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 479.111.



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

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

. . . See §§ 479.11(1) & 479.111(2), Fla. Stat. (1997). . . . because they were not on property zoned or otherwise designated for commercial or industrial use, see § 479.111 . . .

ATLANTIC OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 518 So. 2d 384 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . the interstate highway system or the federal-aid primary highway system, except as provided in ss. 479.111 . . . Appellant contends that because its sign was located in an area zoned as commercial intensive, section 479.111 . . . Section 479.111(2) provides that signs in commercial-zoned areas and within 660 feet of the nearest edge . . . appellant’s sign was “on” a federal-aid primary highway, whether appellant qualified for the section 479.111 . . .

NELSON RICHARD ADVERTISING, a v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 513 So. 2d 181 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1987)

. . . of all portions of the interstate system or the federal-aid primary system except as provided in s. 479.111 . . . ,_” Signs in agriculturally-zoned areas are not one of the exceptions set out in section 479.111. . . .

CHIPLEY MOTEL, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 498 So. 2d 1357 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . . §§ 479.11 and 479.111, Fla.Stat. (1984 Supp). . . .

BILL SALTER OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 499 So. 2d 22 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . of Transportation of his outdoor advertising permit, pursuant to the provisions of sections 479.11, 479.111 . . .

T L MANAGEMENT, INC. M. d b a T L v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 497 So. 2d 685 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Specifically, Section 479.111, Florida Statutes, prohibits outdoor advertising adjacent to interstate . . .

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

. . . Section 479.111, Florida Statutes (1983), provides in part: Only the following signs shall be allowed . . .

TRI- STATE SYSTEMS, v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 492 So. 2d 1164 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . of all portions of the interstate system or the federal-aid primary system except as provided in s. 479.111 . . . _ Section 479.111, Florida Statutes (1981), provides in part: Only the following signs shall be permitted . . .

FOOD N FUN, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 493 So. 2d 23 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Sections 479.11(1), 479.111(2), Florida Statutes. . . .

BILL SALTER OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 492 So. 2d 408 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Outdoor advertising signs are allowed in such a location pursuant to section 479.111(2), Florida Statutes . . .

FUQUA DAVIS, INC. v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 490 So. 2d 1010 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . that although appellant’s signs are located in an unzoned commercial area as referenced in section 479.111 . . . Section 479.111, Florida Statutes provides that: Only the following signs shall be allowed within controlled . . .

M. WAINWRIGHT, v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 488 So. 2d 563 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

. . . Section 479.111(2). . . .

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, v. E. T. LEGG COMPANY,, 472 So. 2d 1336 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

. . . The types of advertising signs permitted and those prohibited are set out in sections 479.11 and 479.111 . . .

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

. . . created primarily to permit outdoor advertising would not qualify as an exception pursuant to section 479.111 . . . validly adopted as a part of comprehensive zoning would qualify for the statutory exception in section 479.111 . . . permit outdoor advertising, and for this reason, it did not qualify as an exception pursuant to section 479.111 . . . Section 479.111, Florida Statutes (1981), which reads in part as follows: Only the following signs shall . . .

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

. . . nearest edge of the right of way of all portions of the Interstate System ... except as provided in 479.111 . . . Section 479.111(2) authorizes signs “in commercial and industrial zoned areas.” . . .

NATIONAL ADVERTISING COMPANY, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 418 So. 2d 1142 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . 1981), but also that the advertising structures did not fall within the exception provided in Section 479.111 . . . However, National Advertising contends that these signs fell within the statutory exception of Section 479.111 . . . Therefore, National Advertising had the burden of proving it fell within the exception of Section 479.111 . . .

HENDERSON SIGNS, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,, 397 So. 2d 769 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1981)

. . . of all portions of the interstate system or the federal-aid primary system except as provided in S.479.111 . . .