(a) "Bulletin" means an outdoor advertising sign with a display surface that is 14 feet by 48 feet.
(b) "Poster" means an outdoor advertising sign with a display surface that is 12 feet by 25 feet.
(2) If an outdoor advertising sign being relocated is relocated as a digital billboard or if an outdoor advertising sign being reconstructed is reconstructed as a digital billboard, an applicant for a permit under ORS 377.725 must exchange the following in order to receive one permit for a digital billboard:
(a) An applicant with 10 percent or less of the total number of relocation credits in existence on the date the Department of Transportation receives the application for a digital billboard permit shall either remove one existing outdoor advertising sign and retire the permit for that sign or retire one relocation credit. The permit or relocation credit retired must be for signs with a display surface of at least 250 square feet.
(b) An applicant with more than 10 percent of the total number of relocation credits in existence on the date the department receives an application for a digital billboard permit shall:
(A) For a digital billboard that is a bulletin:
(i) Remove two existing bulletins, retire the permits for those bulletins and retire three relocation credits;
(ii) Remove one existing bulletin and two existing posters, retire the permits for the bulletin and posters and retire three relocation credits; or
(iii) Remove four existing posters, retire the permits for those posters and retire three relocation credits.
(B) For a digital billboard that is a poster:
(i) Remove two existing posters, retire the permits for those posters and retire three relocation credits; or
(ii) Remove one existing bulletin, retire the permit for the bulletin and retire three relocation credits.
(3) The relocation credits retired under subsection (2)(b) of this section must be for signs with a display surface of at least 250 square feet.
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 377.759 and 377.762, an owner that removes an outdoor advertising sign under this section is not entitled to a relocation credit.
(5) When calculating the number of relocation credits an owner possesses, the department shall consider the total number of relocation credits owned by any corporate entity held in common ownership with the owner in order to determine how many outdoor advertising signs the owner must remove and how many relocation credits the owner must retire to receive a permit to erect a digital billboard.
(6) The department shall cancel the relocation credits and permits submitted under this section upon issuance of a permit to erect a digital billboard.
(7) Two permits for a digital billboard are required to erect a back-to-back or V-type digital billboard.
(8) The first time an owner uses a permit to erect a digital billboard, the permit is not restricted by the provisions of ORS 377.767 (4).
(9) The department shall issue one digital billboard relocation credit for each digital billboard that is removed. A digital billboard relocation credit may be used only to erect a digital billboard and may not be used to erect any other type of outdoor advertising sign.
(10) Except as provided in subsection (8) of this section, an outdoor advertising sign that is being relocated as a digital billboard must meet all requirements of ORS 377.767. [2011 c.562 §6]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 10 - Highways, Military
Chapter 377 - Highway Beautification; Motorist Information Signs
Section 377.050 - Consent of department for removal of trees along state highways.
Section 377.100 - Study of highway system; designation of historic and scenic highways.
Section 377.105 - Effect of designation as historic and scenic highway.
Section 377.505 - Definitions for ORS 377.505 to 377.540.
Section 377.510 - Signs visible from state highways regulated; junkyards prohibited; exceptions.
Section 377.521 - Status of previously designated scenic areas.
Section 377.605 - Definitions for ORS 377.605 to 377.655.
Section 377.620 - Restrictions on maintaining or establishing junkyard along highway.
Section 377.625 - Screening junkyard located in restricted area.
Section 377.630 - Removing junkyard from restricted area.
Section 377.650 - Personal property on state highway.
Section 377.653 - Personal property under state highway bridge; rules.
Section 377.708 - Effect on certain signs of transfer of jurisdiction over state highway.
Section 377.710 - Definitions for ORS 377.700 to 377.844; rules.
Section 377.712 - Issuance of permits for certain preexisting signs.
Section 377.713 - Compensation following partial or total loss of outdoor advertising sign; rules.
Section 377.720 - Prohibited signs; exceptions.
Section 377.725 - Permit; application; fee; cancellation; rules.
Section 377.735 - Exemptions from sign permit requirements; historic signs; rules.
Section 377.737 - Giving or receiving compensation or value for signs; rules.
Section 377.745 - Limitation on form and size of signs.
Section 377.750 - Spacing between signs.
Section 377.753 - Permits for outdoor advertising signs; rules.
Section 377.756 - Permits for signs erected by city or unincorporated community.
Section 377.757 - Requirements for signs authorized by ORS 377.756; payment of cost of sign.
Section 377.762 - Issuance of relocation credits for removal of sign.
Section 377.763 - Consolidation of relocation credits.
Section 377.765 - Status of previously existing signs; removal upon payment of compensation.
Section 377.767 - Relocation of existing outdoor advertising sign; conditions.
Section 377.768 - Effect of relocation permit on existing sign permit; duty of director.
Section 377.770 - Signs in protected, commercial or industrial areas.
Section 377.777 - Action to enjoin person from violation of ORS 377.700 to 377.844.
Section 377.800 - Tourist and motorist informational signs; logo signs; sign and travel plazas.
Section 377.805 - Form of tourist and motorist informational signs; use of logo signs.
Section 377.825 - Fees for sign applications, maintenance costs and reinstallation.
Section 377.831 - Application for digital billboard permit.
Section 377.833 - Public notifications.
Section 377.836 - Application of certain statutes to Travel Information Council.
Section 377.838 - Authority of executive director of Travel Information Council.
Section 377.839 - Authority of Travel Information Council.
Section 377.841 - Roadside rest areas.
Section 377.842 - Refreshments at roadside rest areas; rules.
Section 377.844 - Enforcement of rules regarding health and safety.
Section 377.880 - Informational materials in roadside rest areas; rules.
Section 377.885 - Department of Transportation Human Trafficking Awareness Fund.
Section 377.887 - State Parks and Recreation Department Human Trafficking Awareness Fund.