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TITLE 43TRANSPORTATION
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHAPTER 21RIGHT OF WAY
SUBCHAPTER IREGULATION OF SIGNS ALONG INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY HIGHWAYS
DIVISION 1SIGNS
RULE §21.162Permit Application for Certain Preexisting Commercial Signs

(a) If a sign was in place before the time that the land on which the sign is located first became subject to Transportation Code, Chapter 391, the owner of the sign must apply for a permit for the sign within 60 days after the date on which the department sends notice by certified mail to the owner that a permit for the sign is required. Failure to obtain a permit as required by the department will result in an order of removal under §21.198 of this subchapter (relating to Order of Removal).

(b) The department may issue a permit with a non-conforming status if the sign was lawfully erected before the roadway became subject to regulation and the conditions of the sign or location do not meet current requirements.


Source Note: The provisions of this §21.162 adopted to be effective July 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 2418; amended to be effective March 14, 2018, 43 TexReg 1446

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