variance from Lamar Outdoor Advertising - Lakeland, seeking a variance from or waiver of the provisions of Rule 14-10.007(2)(b), Florida Administrative Code. The Rule prohibits modifications to the height above ground level for nonconforming ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
14-10.007: Maintenance of Nonconforming Signs

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT on November 28, 2007, the Department of Transportation, received a petition for variance from Lamar Outdoor Advertising – Lakeland, seeking a variance from or waiver of the provisions of paragraph 14-10.007(2)(b), Florida Administrative Code. The Rule prohibits modifications to the height above ground level for nonconforming billboards. Lamar Outdoor – Lakeland proposes that the Department grant a variance or waiver because the erection of a sound wall blocked the visibility of four nonconforming billboards it owns along Interstate 4 in Polk County, thus the signs needed to be raised to maintain visibility of the signs by passing motorists.

Comments on this proposed variance or waiver should be filed with the Clerk of Agency Proceedings, Department of Transportation, 605 Suwannee Street, M.S. 58, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0458, within 14 days of the publication of this notice.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Clerk of Agency Proceedings. For additional information, contact Susan Schwartz, Assistant General Counsel at [phone].