§ 11-22-3. Billboards near grade crossings or intersections.
No person, partnership, or corporation shall erect, construct, or maintain any billboard along the line of any public highway or street within three hundred (300) feet of any place where a railroad crosses a public highway or street at grade, nor within a distance of fifty (50) feet of the intersection of any public highway or street. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to the erection, construction, or maintenance of any billboard whenever it shall be erected, constructed, or maintained upon the top of any building or buildings not less than ten (10) feet in height. Any person, partnership, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00).
History of Section.P.L. 1914, ch. 1075, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 119, §§ 26, 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 376, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1956, § 11-22-3.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 11-22-1. - Injuring highway boundary markers.
Section 11-22-2. - Injuries to road signs — Advertising on highway.
Section 11-22-3. - Billboards near grade crossings or intersections.
Section 11-22-4. - Windmills in proximity to highway.
Section 11-22-5. - Penalty for unlawful windmill.
Section 11-22-6. - Removal of unlawful windmills.
Section 11-22-7. - Council authority for location of windmill.
Section 11-22-8. - Windmills exempt.
Section 11-22-9. - Letting team go at large.
Section 11-22-10. - Scattering debris on highway.
Section 11-22-11. - Testing speed of horse.
Section 11-22-12. - Crawford Street Bridge in Providence.
Section 11-22-13. - Apponaug River Bridge.
Section 11-22-14. - Pawtuxet Falls bridge.
Section 11-22-15. - Wire strung across highways.
Section 11-22-16. - Motorist aid call system — False reports — Damage to equipment.