47-11-206.

§47-11-206.


    (a) No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of
any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which
purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official
traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts
to direct the movement of traffic, or which projects any flashing or
revolving beams of light, or which hides from view or interferes with
the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any
railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain nor
shall any public authority permit upon any street or highway any
traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising;
provided, however, that the governing board of any city or town may
permit, under such conditions as the said board may deem proper,
commercial or other advertising upon any traffic sign located on
streets or highways within said city or town and not designated as
either state or federal highways or extensions thereof.
    (b) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection
upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful
directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for
official signs.
    (c) Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby
declared to be a public nuisance and the authority having
jurisdiction over the highway is hereby empowered to remove the same
or cause it to be removed without notice.