17 AAC 20.013 - Removal of outdoor advertising located outside highway rights-of-way
(a)
Before the department removes outdoor advertising that violates
AS
19.25.105(a) and (c), the
department will give notice in accordance with
AS
19.25.150. In the notice, the department will
describe the sign, display, or device to be removed and its location, specify a
date by which the sign, display, or device must be removed, and notify the
recipient that the department may remove the sign, display, or device without
further notice at the landowner's expense if the sign, display, or device is
not removed by the date specified.
(b) If a sign, display, or device remains
after the running of the notice period under (a) of this section, the
department may remove the sign, display, or device for which notice was given
without further notice.
(c) The
owner of the land from which the department has removed a sign, display, or
device under
AS
19.25.150 shall pay the department a removal
cost of a minimum of $50 per sign, display, or device or the actual cost of
removing the sign, display, or device if the documented costs of removing it
are more than $65. For purposes of this section, the actual cost of removal
includes the cost of labor, equipment, tools and supplies, and vehicles used
for removal. The cost of labor is $50 per hour. The cost of tools and supplies,
if used, is $15 per sign. The hourly cost of equipment and vehicles is the
actual cost, not to exceed the applicable amount set out in the Rental
Rate Blue Book for Construction,Vol. 1, adopted by reference in
17 AAC 20.950.
(d) Within 30 days after removal, if an owner
of land from which the department has removed an outdoor advertising sign,
display, or device under
AS
19.25.150 pays the actual cost of removal as
determined under (c) of this section, the owner may recover the sign, display,
or device. If the owner does not pay the actual cost of removal and recover the
sign, display, or device within 30 days after the removal, the department may
dispose of the sign, display, or device and initiate civil court proceedings
against the owner for the actual cost of removal.
Notes
Authority:AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.150
AS 44.42.030
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