00 HOUSE BILL NO. 287                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to outdoor advertising on trash receptacles and restrictions on                                        
02 outdoor advertising."                                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 19.25.105(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (a)  Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within 660 feet of                                          
06 the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main-traveled way of the                                      
07 interstate, primary, or secondary highways in this state except the following:                                          
08   (1)  directional and other official signs and notices which include, but                                             
09 are not limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic                                
10 attractions, which are required or authorized by law, and which shall conform to                                        
11 federal standards for interstate and primary systems;                                                                   
12   (2)  signs, displays, and devices advertising the sale or lease of property                                          
13 upon which they are located or advertising activities conducted on the property;                                        
14   (3)  signs determined by the state, subject to concurrence of the United                                             
01 States Department of Transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm                                      
02 structures, or natural surfaces, of historic or artistic significance, the preservation of                              
03 which would be consistent with the provisions of this chapter;                                                          
04   (4)  directional signs and notices pertaining to schools;                                                            
05   (5)  advertising on bus benches or bus shelters, and adjacent trash                                                 
06 receptacles, if the state determines that the advertising conforms to local, state, and                                
07 federal standards for interstate and primary highways [HIGHWAY SYSTEMS].                                              
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 19.25.105(d) is amended to read:                                                                       
09  (d)  Outdoor advertising may not be erected or maintained within the right-of-way of an interstate, primary, or       
10 secondary highway except that outdoor advertising                                                                       
11 is allowed on bus benches and bus shelters, and adjacent trash receptacles, located                                   
12 within the right-of-way under the authority of a permit issued under AS 19.25.200, if                                   
13 the bus benches or bus shelters are located within a borough or unified municipality                                    
14 and the buses that stop at that location operate during the entire year.                                                
15    * Sec. 3.  AS 19.25.180 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                           
16  Sec. 19.25.180.  APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL ENACTMENTS.                                                               
17 Notwithstanding AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180, a municipality may enact ordinances that                                      
18 regulate outdoor advertising in a way that is more restrictive than the provisions of                                   
19 AS 19.25.080 - 19.25.180.