The Highway Beautification Highway Advertising Control Act of 1972 (K.S.A. 68-2231 et seq), revised in 2006, allows for the Secretary of Transportation to control outdoor advertising signs (billboards) adjacent to the federal-aid primary system in existence on June 1, 1991, and any highway which is not on such system but which is on the national highway system.
Outdoor Advertising
Advertising Signs
Anyone who wants to build a sign adjacent to controlled routes in Kansas is required to submit an application to KDOT. More information is available in the Advertising Signs in Kansas brochure.
Purpose
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To maintain highway beautification in conjunction with sustainable roadside maintenance programs; to protect public investments in roadside vegetation; and to acknowledge the advertising industry's desire to maintain advertising displays located adjacent to the right-of-way on any interstate or state highways for the benefit of the general traveling public.
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To devise a means for owners or operators of legal conforming/non-conforming advertising signs to submit a request for vegetation management for maintaining visibility of such signs and establish the criteria and process to be used by KDOT in the evaluation of the request.
Authority
Kansas Statues Annotated K.S.A., 68-2231 et seq.; Kansas Administrative Procedure Act K.S.A., 77-501 et seq.; K.S.A., 68-2232(y); K.S.A. 68-404; K.S.A., 2-1314.
Scope
All sign owners with KDOT licensed outdoor advertising signs adjacent to the right-of-way on any interstate or state highways who wish to maintain vegetation within KDOT's right-of-way in a manner calculated to provide visibility for their signs will be required to comply with this policy. To provide for the consistent maintenance of KDOT right-of-way, this process and criteria will be used by all of the permit review personnel in KDOT.
This policy does not permit vegetation control on the sections of the interstate controlled or maintained by the Kansas Turnpike Authority. In addition, this policy strictly prohibits activity on the state highway right-of-way that involves vegetation control of any kind to any area that is on private property. This prohibition includes the trimming, cutting or pruning of any vegetation that overhangs state highway right-of-way from private property. (NOTE: This policy does not apply to requests to trim or remove selected vegetation that screens on-premise signs or places of business.)
Resources
The following resources provide more information on the application process:
KDOT, under the authority granted by the Kansas Junkyard and Salvage Control Act (K.S.A 68-2201 et seq) (KJSCA), regulates the establishment, operations and maintenance of salvage yards located within 1,000 feet of any public road in Kansas. KDOT can only certify a salvage yard if the local governing body allows.
The following resources provide information on the Kansas Junkyard and Salvage Control Act and the application process:
Additional resources related to junkyards and salvage yards: