19A NCAC 02E .0608. REQUESTS FOR SELECTIVE VEGETATION REMOVAL PERMITS FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

(a)  Applications for selective vegetation cutting, thinning, pruning, or removal (exclusive of grasses) shall be made by the owner of an outdoor advertising sign permitted under G.S. 136-129(4) or (5) to the appropriate Division Engineer of the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Division of Highways.  Applications with all required documentation shall be submitted in both printed and electronic form.  For sites within the corporate limits of a municipality which has previously advised the Department in writing that it seeks to review such applications, the applicant shall deliver the application to the municipality at least 30 days prior to submitting the application to the Department.  A non-refundable fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) must accompany each application.

(b)  Applications which include existing trees to be cut, thinned, pruned or removed, must be accompanied by a site plan in accordance with G.S. 136-133.1(c).

(c)  For signs eligible for municipal review the applicant must include on the application and, as a prerequisite to applicable municipal review submittal, the year the outdoor advertising sign was originally erected.  Upon request, the Department will furnish the year of sign erection to the applicant.  The Department reserves the right to require additional proof if the year of the sign erection remains in question.

(d)  The selective vegetation removal request may be investigated on site by Department personnel and a representative of the applicant.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 136-18(5); 136-18(7); 136-18(9); 136-18.7; 136-93;136-129(4); 136-129(5); 136-130; 136-133.1; 136-133.2;

Temporary Rule Eff. March 1, 2012;

Eff. November 1, 2012.