PRINTER'S NO. 865
No. 721 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY LEMMOND, JUNE 3, 2005
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JUNE 3, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, designating a portion of State Route 6
3 in Wyoming County as a scenic byway; and designating a
4 certain portion of State Route 92 in Susquehanna County as a
5 scenic byway.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
9 Statutes is amended by adding sections to read:
10 § 8305. Designation of State Route 6 as scenic byway.
11 (a) General rule.--Because designation of the three miles
12 between the interchange with Business Route 6 on the west side
13 of Tunkhannock Borough to the Business Route 6 interchange in
14 Tunkhannock Township on the east side of the borough will
15 preserve magnificent views and will educate residents and future
16 residents of the importance of promoting the cultural and
17 archeological area around Tunkhannock Borough, State Route 6 in
18 Wyoming County from the interchange with Business Route 6 on the
19 west side of Tunkhannock Borough to the Business Route 6
1 interchange in Tunkhannock Township on the east side of the
2 borough is designated as a scenic byway.
3 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
4 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
5 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
6 of 1971, may be erected:
7 (1) within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-
8 way; or
9 (2) more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the
10 right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible
11 from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the
12 purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the
13 main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:
14 (i) the official signs and notices which are
15 required or authorized by law and which conform to the
16 national standards promulgated by the Secretary of
17 Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
18 § 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);
19 (ii) outdoor advertising devices advertising the
20 sale or lease of the real property upon which they are
21 located;
22 (iii) outdoor advertising devices advertising
23 activities conducted on the property on which they are
24 located, including devices which display a message that
25 may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic
26 process or remote control;
27 (iv) directional signs, including, but not limited
28 to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and
29 historical attractions and other points of interest to
30 the traveling public which conform to the national
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1 standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation
2 of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
3 (v) signs approved by the department designating the
4 route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with
5 department requirements.
6 § 8306. Designation of State Route 92 in Susquehanna County as
7 a scenic byway.
8 (a) General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
9 historic, natural, recreational and archeological
10 characteristics and qualities and because of opportunities for
11 economic development and tourism and for conservation of the
12 outstanding qualities along the road, State Route 92 in
13 Susquehanna County from Lenox Township Segment No. 0130/0904
14 continuing to Jackson Township border Segment No. 0460/2408, and
15 further continuing from the Susquehanna Borough Segment No.
16 0510/0747 and continuing to Oakland Borough Segment No.
17 0540/1702 is hereby designated as a scenic byway.
18 (b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
19 as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
20 (P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
21 of 1971, may be erected:
22 (1) within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-
23 way; or
24 (2) more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the
25 right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible
26 from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the
27 purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the
28 main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:
29 (i) the official signs and notices which are
30 required or authorized by law and which conform to the
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1 national standards promulgated by the Secretary of
2 Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
3 § 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);
4 (ii) outdoor advertising devices advertising the
5 sale or lease of the real property upon which they are
6 located;
7 (iii) outdoor advertising devices advertising
8 activities conducted on the property on which they are
9 located, including devices which display a message that
10 may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic
11 process or remote control;
12 (iv) directional signs, including, but not limited
13 to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and
14 historical attractions and other points of interest to
15 the traveling public which conform to the national
16 standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation
17 of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
18 (v) signs approved by the department designating the
19 route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with
20 department requirements.
21 (c) Public use maps.--All public use maps produced by the
22 department for travel, tourism and business interests shall give
23 special identification of this route and briefly summarize that
24 the General Assembly established the designation because of the
25 outstanding scenic, historic, natural, recreational and
26 archeological characteristics and outstanding qualities and
27 opportunities for economic development, tourism and conservation
28 of the sights along the route.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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