La. Admin. Code tit. 70 § III-113

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section III-113 - Fees and Agreements

A. The fees and renewal dates shall be established by the department. Notification will be given 30 days prior to changes in fees.

1. Businesses will be invoiced for renewal 30 days before the renewal date. The fee shall be remitted by check or money order payable to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Failure of a business to submit the renewal fee(s) by the annual renewal date shall be cause for removal and disposal of the business signs by the department. The initial fee shall be prorated by the department to the annual renewal date to cover the period beginning with the month following the installation of the business signs.

2. When requested by a business, the department, at its convenience may perform additional services in connection with changes of the business sign. A service charge shall be assessed for each business sign changed, and any new or renovated business sign required for such purposes shall be provided by the applicant.

3. The department shall not be responsible for damages to business signs caused by acts of vandalism, accidents, natural causes (including natural deterioration), etc., requiring repair or replacement. In such events the business shall provide a new or renovated business sign together with payment of a service charge fee per sign to the department to replace such damaged business sign(s).

4. Individual businesses requesting placement of business signs on a specific information sign shall submit to the department a completed application form provided by the department.

5. Businesses must submit a layout of professional quality or other satisfactory evidence indicating design of the proposed business sign for approval by the department before the sign is fabricated.

6. No business sign shall be displayed which, in the opinion of the department, does not conform to the department's standards, is unsightly, badly faded, or in a substantial state of dilapidation. The department shall remove, replace, or mask any such business signs as appropriate. Ordinary initial installation and maintenance service shall be performed by the department and removal shall be performed upon failure to pay any fee or for violation of any provision of these rules. The business (applicant) shall provide all business signs.

7. When a business sign is removed, it will be taken to the business during normal business hours. If the sign cannot be left with the business (closed, new owners, etc.), it will be taken to the district office of the district in which the business is located. The business will be notified of such removal and given 30 days in which to retrieve their business sign(s). After 30 days the business sign will become the property of the department and will be disposed of as the department shall see fit.

8. Should a business qualify for business signs at two or more interchanges, the business sign will be installed at the nearest interchange. If the business wants signing at the other interchanges, it may be so signed provided it does not prevent another business from being signed. Should a business qualify for two or more services at one business location, it may do so provided the secondary business does not prevent another primary business from participating in the program. The primary business will be determined by the department.

9. When it comes to the attention of the department that a participating business does not meet the minimum criteria, the business will be notified that it has a maximum of 30 days to correct any deficiencies or its signs will be removed. If the business later applies for reinstatement, this request shall be handled in the same manner as a request from a new applicant with a service charge per sign for reinstallation.

10. The department reserves the right to cover or remove any or all business signs in the conduct of its operation or whenever deemed to be in the best interest of the department or the traveling public without advance notice thereof. The department reserves the right to terminate this program or any portion thereof by furnishing the business written notice of such intent not less than 30 calendar days prior thereto.

La. Admin. Code tit. 70, § III-113

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Highways, LR 11:782 (August 1985), amended LR 18:784 (July 1992), LR 19:352 (March 1993), LR 22:227 (March 1996).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 48:461.