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177.106   Highway encroachment permit -- Removal. (1)  Before any person shall proceed to cause or continue or allow to remain in existence any encroachment under, on or over any part of the right-of-way of a state highway 
he  shall  first  obtain  from  the  Department  of  Highways  a  permit  so  to  do.  Any 
encroachment heretofore or hereafter placed or allowed to continue or remain under, 
on or over any road which is found by the Department of Highways to be interfering 
in any way with the safe, convenient and continuous use and maintenance of such 
road  shall  upon  thirty  (30)  days  notice  to  the  person  or  to  his  chief  agent  by  the 
Department  of  Highways  be  removed  or  relocated  by  such  person  at  his  own 
expense. (2)  Whenever an order of the Department of Highways requires such removal or change in  location  of  any  encroachment  from  the  right-of-way  of  a  road  and  the  person 
causing such encroachment or allowing same to continue or remain fails to remove 
or change location of same at his own expense to conform to the order within the 
time  stated  in  the  notice,  the  Department  of  Highways  shall  proceed  to  cause  the 
encroachment to be removed; the expense thereby incurred shall be paid out of any 
money  available  therefor,  and  shall  be  charged  against  the  person  and  levied  and 
collected and paid into the State Treasury as provided by law. History:  Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 202, sec. 2.