68-2244. Removal of nonconforming signs; local zoning authority; compensation for removal. - Kansas Statutes

68-2244

Chapter 68.--ROADS AND BRIDGES PART III.--MISCELLANEOUS Article 22.--HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION

      68-2244.   Removal of nonconforming signs; local zoning authority;compensation for removal.From and after July 1, 1981, any outdoor advertising signs lawfully erectedprior to November 6, 1978, which do not conform to the standards adoptedby local zoning authorities as authorized by K.S.A. 68-2234, as amended,may be subject to removal, upon request of the local zoning authority, bythe secretary of transportation in the manner provided by the highway advertisingcontrol act of 1972. In the event that action by a local zoning authorityforces the removal of any such signs for which any person or persons areentitled to just compensation under subsection (g) of section 131 of title23 of the United States Code and not subject to compensation under K.S.A.68-2238, the local zoning authority shall be responsible for payment ofthe non-federal share of such just compensation and for payment of incidentaladministrative expenses incurred by the secretary of transportation forthe removal of such signs.

      History:   L. 1981, ch. 266, § 2; July 1.