31-29-66. Lighting standards and criteria.
The standards and criteria for lighting of outdoor advertising authorized to be erected and maintained in zoned or unzoned commercial or industrial areas adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems are:
(1)No revolving or rotating beam of light simulating an official emergency device is permitted. Signs with flashing lights of any color are not permitted, except illuminating signs giving such public service information as time, date, or temperature;
(2)External lighting, such as floodlights, thin-line and gooseneck reflectors, is permitted, if it is shielded so as to prevent the direction of rays of light to any part of the main-traveled way;
(3)No lighting is permitted which is of such brilliance or intensity so as to establish glare or reflection which would interfere with the effectiveness of any official traffic control device or official sign or interfere with the motorist's view of traffic conditions; and
(4)A changeable message sign is permitted as an off-premise sign, regardless of the technology used, if the message is changed not more than once every six seconds and if the message is not continuously scrolled.
Source: SL 1977, ch 246, §5 (2); SL 1997, ch 178, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 31 - Highways and Bridges
Chapter 29 - Highway Beautification And Regulation Of Advertising
Section 31-29-1 - Billboards near cemetery--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 31-29-2 - Obstruction of highway or to vision--Violation as misdemeanor.
Section 31-29-12 - Rest areas and facilities--Commercial accommodations prohibited.
Section 31-29-60 - Compensation for removal of nonconforming signs--Federal contributions.
Section 31-29-61 - Legislative policy on outdoor advertising along interstate and primary highways.
Section 31-29-62 - Definition of terms.
Section 31-29-63.2 - Abandoned sign--Determination.
Section 31-29-63.3 - "Available for lease" and public service messages.
Section 31-29-63.4 - On-premise signs.
Section 31-29-65 - Size standards and criteria.
Section 31-29-66 - Lighting standards and criteria.
Section 31-29-67 - Spacing standards and criteria.
Section 31-29-67.1 - Maintenance of signs.
Section 31-29-69 - Blanket prohibition by local authority not authorized--Reasonableness required.
Section 31-29-71 - Permit required to maintain sign--Sign without permit as nuisance--Abatement.
Section 31-29-71.1 - Fee for permit--Exception.
Section 31-29-71.2 - Duration of permit--Renewal--Fee in lieu of property tax.
Section 31-29-71.3 - Disposition of fee revenue.
Section 31-29-71.4 - Certain signs exempt from permit requirement.
Section 31-29-71.5 - Municipal signs exempt from permit requirement.
Section 31-29-71.6 - Conforming permit.
Section 31-29-71.7 - Nonconforming permit.
Section 31-29-71.12 - Criteria for outdoor advertising--Zoned commercial adjacent to primary system.
Section 31-29-71.13 - Commercial or industrial activity.
Section 31-29-71.14 - Applications for permits--Forms provided.
Section 31-29-72.2 - Priority in removal of advertising.
Section 31-29-73 - Takings requiring compensation.
Section 31-29-73.1 - Highway fund used to pay for signs removed.
Section 31-29-80.1 - Directional sign program.
Section 31-29-80.2 - Funding of directional sign program.
Section 31-29-80.3 - Standards for directional signs submitted to federal government--Rules.
Section 31-29-80.4 - Procedure for authorizing directional signs--Compliance with rules.
Section 31-29-80.5 - Attraction defined.
Section 31-29-82 - Repair of sign permitted until actual removal--Maximum expenditure.