Section Tra 601.13 - Criteria for Location of Off Premise Advertising Devices(a) No off-premise advertising device shall be granted a permit or renewal in a location that has been designated a scenic and cultural byway pursuant to RSA 238:19-24 unless: (1) The proposed point of installation is on a section removed from such designation pursuant to RSA 238:24, I; or(2) The device was erected prior to the date such location was so designated and the device remains a legally erected conforming device under these rules.(b) No off-premise advertising device shall be granted a permit unless it can be installed in accordance with the following minimum spacing criteria:(1) If the new sign location is adjacent to any one side of a non-limited access federal aid primary highway in municipalities of 4,000 or more in population: a. Not less than 100 feet, measured along the traveled way from the nearest point of another lawfully permitted off premise advertising device, if located in an area between 2 intersecting streets, not including alleys, undeveloped rights-of-way, private ways or driveways, less than 1,000 feet apart, up to a maximum of 3 off-premise advertising devices between such intersecting roadways; orb. Not less than 300 feet, measured along the traveled way from the nearest point of another lawfully permitted off premise advertising device if located in an area between 2 intersecting streets, not including alleys, undeveloped rights-of-way, private ways or driveways, 1,000 feet or more apart;(2) Not less than 300 feet, measured along the traveled way from the nearest point of another lawfully permitted outdoor advertising device if located on either side of a non-limited access federal aid primary highway in municipalities of less than 4,000 in population;(3) Any 2 farm signs adjacent to both sides of a federal aid primary highway shall not be less than 1,000 feet apart; and(4) Farm signs shall not be located farther than 10 miles from the property where the activity advertised is located.(c) No off premise advertising device shall be granted a permit if the device is attached, erected, or maintained in any of the following locations: (1) A point which would permit all or any portion of the device to encroach or overhang any portion of a state highway or state roadway right-of-way, contrary to RSA 236:15, except as provided in these rules;(2) Upon a utility pole or tree or any other object of nature, contrary to RSA 236:75;(3) A point adjacent to an interstate, turnpike or limited access federal aid primary highway which measures less than 500 feet from another legally erected off-premise device, an interchange, or safety rest area, unless the devices are separated by a building or other obstruction so that only one device is visible from the main traveled way at any one time;(4) A point where the device obscures or otherwise physically interferes with an official traffic control sign, signal, or device; or(5) A point where the device obstructs or physically interferes with a driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.N.H. Admin. Code § Tra 601.13
#8005, eff 12-17-03; ss by #10033, eff 11-23-11