GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 887

Short Title:  Municipal ETJ/Road Signs.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives Miner; and Mosley.

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Referred to:  Ways and Means, if favorable, Transportation.

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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT GROWERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS IN A MUNICIPALITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WHO SELL THEIR PRODUCE AT ROADSIDE STANDS OR HAVE THE PURCHASER PICK THE CROP ADVERTISE THEIR PRODUCE THROUGH THE USE OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Outdoor advertising, which advertises the sale of any fruit or vegetable crop by the grower at a roadside stand or by having the purchaser pick the crop on the property on which the crop is grown, may be erected on property on or adjacent to the right-of-way of any State road or highway in a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction under Article 19 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, provided that:  (i) the sign is no more than two feet long on any side; (ii) the sign is located on property owned or leased by the grower where the crop is grown, or on property where the grower has obtained the permission of the property owner to place a sign directing a purchaser to the property where the crop is grown; and (iii) the sign is removed at the end of the season for the crops advertised.
Section 2.  This act applies to municipalities located in Wake County only.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.