Section 290-RICR-30-00-1.6 - General RegulationsA. The following shall apply to all legally conforming and legally non-conforming signs: 1. Signs shall not be erected or maintained or altered in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise physically interfere with an official traffic sign, signal or device, or to obstruct or physically interfere with the driver's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic.2. Signs shall not be erected or maintained which imitate or resemble official traffic signs, signals or devices, or are erected or maintained upon trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or natural features, or which are structurally unsafe or in disrepair.3. Nothing in these Rules and Regulations shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any lawful ordinance, regulation or resolution, which are more restrictive than the provisions of this chapter.4. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 24-10.1-9(b), the Director of the Department shall not regulate any on-premise or off-premise non-commercial protected speech contained within any advertising display authorized by these regulations.290 R.I. Code R. 290-RICR-30-00-1.6
Amended effective 11/28/2018