[chambernews] Fwd: Garage sale signs not permitted on state highway rights of way

[Karen]

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Subject: 	Garage sale signs not permitted on state highway rights of way
Date: 	Thu, 5 May 2016 17:56:54 +0000
From: 	Gillach, James (DOT) <james.gillach at state.mn.us>
To: 	#DOT_ALLCOMM <ALLCOMM.DOT at state.mn.us>



Minnesota Department of Transportation

District 3 – Central Minnesota

3725 12^th St. N.

St. Cloud, MN 56303-2107

*News Release*

May 5, 2016 
                                                         Contact: J.P. 
Gillach
                                                                               218-828-5706
james.gillach at state.mn.us <mailto:james.gillach at state.mn.us>

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*Garage sale signs not permitted on state highway rights of way*

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Placement of garage sale signs and other unauthorized 
objects in state highway rights of way is not allowed under state law, 
according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. In addition, 
campaign signs may not be placed on private property outside of the 
right of way limits without landowner consent.

Highway rights of way include the driving lanes, inside and outside 
shoulders, ditches and sight corners at intersections.

MnDOT crews will remove any unlawfully placed signs and impound them at 
one of its local maintenance truck stations or another local site.

Violation of the law (Minn. Stat. 160.27) is a misdemeanor. Civil 
penalties also may apply if the placement of such material contributes 
to a motor vehicle crash and injures a person or damages a motor vehicle 
that runs off the road.

In addition, the Minnesota Outdoor Advertising Control Act (Minn. Stat. 
173.15) prohibits placing advertising materials on public utility poles, 
trees and shrubs, and painting or drawing on rocks or natural features.

Garage sale signs are treated in the same way as any other signs wrongly 
placed on state highway property by businesses, churches, private 
citizens or charitable groups.

For information regarding the proper placement of campaign signs or 
where to find signs that have been removed, contact MnDOT’s Baxter 
office at 218-828‑5700, or St. Cloud office at 320-223‑6500. See also 
www.mndot.gov/govrel/rw_signs.html 
<http://www.mndot.gov/govrel/rw_signs.html>.

For real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota, visit 
www.511mn.org <http://www.511mn.org>.

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*www.mndot.gov <http://www.mndot.gov>*

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*MnDOT District 3 on Twitter: @MnDOTCentral 
<https://twitter.com/MnDOTcentral>*

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