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el~eral Assem~~ o~ forth aro~ina essin~i ~ <br />Y U~~. <br />1 ~f a notice of clls~ut~d ,.free inforrnat,~on is recel~red„f_ rota the ~e~~~tent, the a~~ii~ant can <br />either ens to the services of a at~h Crollr~a licensed landsca ~ architect or certified a~~borist <br />t0 perfor~x~_. ~~'~~ ut`~~~, amend t~~e site ~lan,,or notify the ~e~~~naent In ~`~~~_~~ or ~~~ <br />4 of the dis uteri tt'ees are deleted from the a ~icatlon. ~~ the a llcant selects a tree sure the <br />landscape arcla~~~ct or ee~~tified a~~barist will sub~t a re~or~ ur~de~ deal t~.at~ cantain~ ~ ttiee <br />~ ~nventa of e~istzn tt'ees In the removal zone for the outdoor advert~sln structut;e and include <br />7 ~~~ age of any tree tl~~_eited at the tln~e that the i~ ~~~;s erected the r_epox-t will cafe off. <br />8 tree ~eeies and include a„side n~a~ of sufl:acient detail and d~n~ensians, .,tree surrey will not be <br />~ re aired far subse cent ~ lications to cut thin rune 'or remove tt'ees at the same site for <br />~~ tree...~l~at lave been ~reviosl~ ~erittedr,. .ny dispute t~e~atin to ~~,ether ar ~~o~ the tree <br />~ etsted ~~ the time that the outdoor ad~et~ttsln 1 ~'~~~ ~~'~~~~. ~~.~ be conclust~el resoled <br />~ ~~~rx.~`o~,ation in the report, ~xo the licensed. landscape architect or ceY~tied arbo~'ist~ <br />~3 ~ Frees e~istin at the time the outdoor ~.dvertisin si n was erected trta onl be <br />1 ~ rernoye~. v~zt~in the zone created in ~ub~ara~z'~h ~~ abase if the a~licant satisfies ~~e of the <br />1S fallawtn two o flans selected b the a lxcant; ~ re~~nbu~'set~ent to the ~e artment ursuant <br />~ ~ to .,1 ~ .-3 ~~ or iii}trees that existed t the t~r~e of the erection of the sxg~ tnay be re~x~o~ed <br />~ 7 if the a licant a ees to re~naye two nanconforn~in outdoor ad~rertisin si ns far each si at <br />~ 8 ~~hich rernayal o~ „eistin trees is,,,.,,~requested. The su~~rendered nonconfarmirtg ~i n~ s must be <br />19 x.11 disassembled before an removal of e~istin tt'ees is ermined and shad not be eli ible for <br />~ future outdoor ad~ertisxng~~ermits in ~er~t~it~. <br />1 ~ Tree branches within a hi hwa ri ht-of wa that encroach Into the ~otYe created b <br />~~ ~ point A~, , and D may be ~u .or pruned, , ~~cept as provided in subsection ~f~ o~„~~is section <br />. ,. ~.. ,,,~ ~ .. , , , ~ w i. <br />~3 no erson fit~rn ar entt shall cut trim rune or rerrtove ar otherwise cause to be cut <br />~4 trimmed~_~pt;ut~d, or rerr~~~ed, ~reetat~an that ts,_tn franc af, a~'_ad~acent ta, outdoor ad~et~~sln~ <br />~ and. within the limits of the ht hwa ri ht-off wa for tl~e u ase of enhancin the ~'isihili off' <br />~G outdoor ad~e~~isin unless ~ern~itted to da sa_„b the D~pat-~ent in ~cordance~_,~rith this, <br />7 section, ~ ~ l Y93,~b}~ 13 ~~ 133.x, a.nd 13 ~- ~ 33.x, .... <br />2~ otwithstandin an law to the cantrat the owner of an outdoor advertisin si n <br />~9 defined by subsection ~a~~.o~ this section~,.or the owner"s desk _ ees n~a~,. worl~ir~g only ft'arn the <br />34 rivate ro er side of tl~e Fence without char e and witiaout obtainix~ a selective ve etatioz~ <br />~ rernayal permit, cut, trim, prune, or remove any tree ar offer vege~a~ion e~c~~t for native <br />3 do woods or ~tatiye redbuds that is i less than four inel~es in diameter at the lei ht of tl~e <br />33 cantro~~ed access fence, ~~1} located within 2Q~ feet on ether side of the e~istin~~ location <br />34 as defined b Dint A a.nd Dint ~ in ,.13-~ 133. ~ a 1 and ~ and. iii a distaz~ce of three <br />3 feet from a contt'o~led access fence within the limits„o~~he hi 1~ ri lo;~~a . Tl~e activities <br />3 ~et~nitted b~1h~~ ,subsection must ,b~_~et'farmed from the private ~ro~ert~y_ owner' side of the <br />37 controlled access fence at~d with the consent of the owner of the lazed that is used to access said <br />3~ fence. <br />39 ,~g~ The De a~~n~ent n~a revolve an outdoor adver~tisin ertnit far the unlawful <br />4~ destruction ar illegal cuttiz~~ of vegetation within the ri lit-a~=~r~ o~ and Mate-owned or <br />4~ tate~naaintained hi hw onl if the unlawful destructioz~, or ille al coffin occurred within <br />4 Sao feet of either side of tlxe cn~'responin~_._s~gn location measured aloe the edgy of ~en~ent <br />43 of the main-travel wa of the Nearest controlled route and was willfull caused b tine a licazat <br />~~ owner of the si n owner of the sin exit or an of their a eats exn la ees ar contractors <br />. tia~„~tnaterial evidence that the unlawful destruction or ille al cutt,~~ <br />45 an there is substan_. ~,..,,, ,...,.. ~~,~,..~,,,,~.. ,_.,~.. ..._-- <br />4~ ve etation would create increase or ins rove a view to the outdoor advertising si for a.ssin <br />~7 motorists from the_rnln~tt+aveled w~,ofthe nearest contziolleal route." <br />~~ ~C~ZI~ r Article 11 of chapter 13 of the general Statutes is amended by <br />49 adding a new section to read: <br />~ ~' 13,133,2, Issuance or de~~~a~ of a se~ect~ve ~re~etatian removal permit, <br />--~ -- - 11 11 iX I~APIIIIPIYIIhO 1+`A+Y~i~ -i~i~ <br />Senate ~~ll 183~~rst ~dittan gage 5 <br />