Effective: June 30, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly
No advertising device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of a highway on the primary system except the following:
(A) Advertising devices located in zoned or unzoned industrial or commercial areas adjacent to highways on the primary system that conform to rules adopted by the director of transportation;
(B) Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, that the director, subject to the approval of the secretary of the United States department of transportation, has determined to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, which are of historic or artistic significance;
(C) Advertising devices that are located on the premises of a professional sports facility and that conform to rules adopted by the director.
Last updated April 12, 2021 at 10:12 AM
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges
Chapter 5516 | Advertising on Interstate Highways
Section 5516.01 | Advertising on Interstate Highway Definitions.
Section 5516.02 | Limiting Advertising Devices Along Interstate Highways.
Section 5516.03 | Rules for Outdoor Advertising.
Section 5516.04 | Orders to Remove and Take Remedial Action for Violating Advertising Devices.
Section 5516.05 | Designation of Scenic Byways - Advertising Devices.
Section 5516.06 | Requirements for Advertising Devices Along State Primary Highways.
Section 5516.061 | Requirements for Advertising Devices Outside Urban Areas.
Section 5516.062 | Prohibiting Advertising Devices Outside Urban Areas Without Permit.
Section 5516.07 | Nonconforming Advertising Devices.
Section 5516.08 | Eminent Domain Actions Against Nonconforming Devices.
Section 5516.09 | Use of Right-of-Way.
Section 5516.10 | Permits and Permit Plates - Application Process.
Section 5516.11 | Regulation of Advertising Devices Through Zoning Rules and Regulations.
Section 5516.12 | Disapproving, Cancelling, or Revoking Permits.
Section 5516.13 | Administering Chapter.
Section 5516.14 | Application for Vegetation Permit.
Section 5516.15 | Disposition of Fees.
Section 5516.20 | Tourism Development District Interstate Signage; Lighting.