Rule 672-6-.06 - Revision of a Conforming Permit(1) In accordance with requirements of the O.C.G.A. §§ 32-6-75 and 32-6-76, the following limited revisions may be made in a previously approved conforming permit and sign upon the submission of a written request from the permit holder or his authorized representative and receipt of the Department's approval prior to the making of the revisions, providing, no alterations or additions are to be made until written approval has been granted by the Department of Transportation: (a) The number of faces of the outdoor advertising;(b) The number of facings of the outdoor advertising;(c) An increase in the size of the outdoor advertising;(d) The addition of illumination; and(e) The addition of a readerboard.(2) Revisions under O.C.G.A. § 32-6-75(c)shall require an Application for Multiple Message Supplement. (a) Signs with the ability to change copy, regardless of technology, must obtain a multiple message supplement prior to erection.(b) Revisions in display technology must obtain a multiple message supplement approval prior to erection.(c) Conditions for issuance of Multi-Message Outdoor Advertising Supplement: 1. Proposed sign locations, regardless of technology, shall not be located within 5,000 feet of an existing or approved multi-message sign on the same side of the road.2. Contact information of a capable and authorized person to make prompt modifications to the displays and lighting levels should the need arise. In the event the contact person is unobtainable or unresponsive, the permit holder grants to the Department the authority to access and disable the sign in cases of emergency or when the sign poses a threat to public safety.3. Displays shall contain static messages only, changed instantaneously, through transitions that do not have the appearance of moving text or images. In any event, such signs may not have movement, or the appearance of or illusion of movement, of any part of the sign structure, design, or pictorial segment of the sign, including the movement of any illumination or the flashing, scintillating or varying of light intensity.4. Dark backgrounds with light lettering or symbols are preferred between dusk and dawn to reduce potential hazardous effects. In any event glare or excessive brightness that poses a threat to public safety is to be avoided.5. Should the Department, at its discretion, find the sign, any display or effect thereon, to cause glare or impair the vision of the traveling public or which otherwise interferes with the operation of the roadway facility, upon request, the owner of the sign shall promptly reduce the intensity or contrast of the sign to a level acceptable to the Department, or make any other changes necessary to reduce the interference with the operation of the roadway facility. Failure to make changes on the request shall be cause for revocation of the multi-message permit.6. Should any endangered or threatened species of wildlife be found nesting or foraging on or in close proximity to the structure, the sign face shall remain frozen until such a time as the Department, in conjunction with the sign owner and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division, determines the appropriate remediation to minimize potential harm from the sign or changes to the sign face.7. Electronic signs shall, in addition to the requirements set out above, comply with the conditions for multiple message signs contained in the Official Code of Georgia annotated and any other applicable laws, rules or regulations.(3) The sign shall be operating in accordance with the permit within twelve (12) months of approval or shall expire without further notice. The permit holder shall provide the Department notice when the sign begins operating in accordance with the multi-message supplement.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 672-6-.06
O.C.G.A. Secs. 32-2-2, 32-6-90, 50-13-4.
Original Rule entitled "Revision of a Permit" adopted. F. Dec. 2, 1976; eff. Dec. 22, 1976.Repealed: New Rule entitled "Revision of a Conforming Permit" adopted. F. Sept. 24, 1980; eff. Oct. 14, 1980.Amended: F. Sept. 15, 1988; eff. Oct. 5, 1988.Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Feb. 22, 2005; eff. Mar. 14, 2005.Amended: F. Mar. 19, 2012; eff. Apr. 8, 2012.