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HB 160 - Local governments; certain banners and signs; allow businesses display

Roberts, Lawrence R (162nd)	Hembree, Bill (98th)

Status Summary	HC:	SPCA	SC:		FR:	01/25/99	LA:	01/26/99	H - Read 2nd Time

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A BILL to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prevent counties and cities from prohibiting businesses from locating advertising banners or portable signs on their business premises; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 36-60-22

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                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable 
  1- 3  to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prevent 
  1- 4  counties and cities from prohibiting businesses from 
  1- 5  locating advertising banners or portable signs on their 
  1- 6  business premises; to provide for definitions; to provide 
  1- 7  for certain limitations and restrictions; to provide that 
  1- 8  counties and cities may regulate in a manner not 
  1- 9  inconsistent with the general law;  to provide for related 
  1-10  matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1-11       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-12                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-13  Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-14  Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to 
  1-15  counties and municipal corporations, is amended by adding at 
  1-16  the end thereof a new Code section to read as follows: 
 
  1-17    "36-60-22. 
 
  1-18    (a) As used in the Code section, the term: 
 
  1-19      (1) 'Advertising banner' means a sign printed or drawn 
  1-20      on a piece of fabric or plastic not to exceed five feet 
  1-21      by ten feet and mounted on the physical premises of a 
  1-22      business in a way that does not interfere with public 
  1-23      safety or the view by the public of any other business. 
  1-24      The term advertising banner specifically excludes 
  1-25      'outdoor advertising' as such term is defined in 
  1-26      paragraph (14) of Code Section 32-6-71. 
 
  1-27      (2) 'Business' means any enterprise lawfully operating 
  1-28      within a county or municipality. 
 
  1-29      (3) 'Portable sign' means a sign mounted on a trailer or 
  1-30      other vehicle which is lawfully parked on property of a 
  1-31      business or in a parking area designated for customers 
  1-32      of such business, provided that such sign does not 
  1-33      exceed five feet by ten feet and is not located in such 
 
 
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  2- 1      a way as to interfere with public safety or prevent 
  2- 2      customers from viewing any other business. The term 
  2- 3      portable sign specifically excludes 'outdoor 
  2- 4      advertising' as such term is defined in paragraph (14) 
  2- 5      of Code Section 32-6-71. 
 
  2- 6    (b) A county or municipality may not prohibit a business 
  2- 7    from installing permanent or temporary advertising banners 
  2- 8    or portable signs. A county or municipality may, however, 
  2- 9    further regulate the placement and size of advertising 
  2-10    banners and portable signs in a manner not inconsistent 
  2-11    with this Code section." 
 
  2-12                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-13  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-14  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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