Section 13.07. Signs and advertising structures restricted  


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  • 1. In order to
      conserve the natural beauty of and the investment of the state in  state
      parks  and  parkways  by preserving and regulating them for public uses,
      for the resort of the public for recreation,  transportation,  pleasure,
      air,  light  and enjoyment by keeping them in good order for the welfare
      of society, and to prevent the unrestricted use of signs and advertising
      structures and devices immediately adjacent to  them,  no  person  shall
      erect  or  maintain  within five hundred feet of the border of any state
      park or parkway  any  advertising  sign  or  advertising  structures  or
      devices  of  any  kind,  except  under written permit from the office or
      state agency charged with responsibility for  the  maintenance  of  such
      park or parkway. The provisions of this section shall not apply to signs
      erected  or  maintained  upon  property  in  connection  with a business
      conducted thereon, provided that such signs have an  area  of  not  more
      than twenty-four square feet, do not extend more than fifteen feet above
      the ground level, and are placed on the fronts of buildings.
        2.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply  to  all parkways
      constructed within the limits of a city  with  state  funds  or  federal
      highway  aid.  In the event that jurisdiction is transferred pursuant to
      law from the office or state agency to a municipal  park  commission  or
      department,  the provisions of this section shall remain effective as to
      such parkways, and shall  thereafter  be  enforced  by  the  local  park
      commissioner, commission or public authority to whom the jurisdiction is
      transferred.
        3.  In  addition  to any fine or penalty provided by this chapter, the
      attorney-general may institute any proper action, suit or proceeding  to
      prevent,  restrain,  correct  or abate a violation of this section or to
      cause the removal of any sign, advertising structure or  device  erected
      or maintained in violation of the provisions of this section.