Bill Text: PA SB606 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Providing for the designation of the Crawford Lakelands Byway as a scenic byway.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-07 - Act No. 68 [SB606 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SB606-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 610 PRINTER'S NO. 770
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 606 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, WASHINGTON, D. WHITE AND FERLO, FEBRUARY 18, 2011
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, MARCH 7, 2011
AN ACT
Amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, providing for the designation of the
Crawford Lakelands Byway as a scenic byway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 74 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 8307. Designation of the Crawford Lakelands Byway as a scenic
byway.
(a) General rule.--Because of its outstanding scenic,
historic, recreational cultural, natural and archeological
characteristics and qualities and because of opportunities for
economic development and tourism and for conservation of the
outstanding qualities along the road, the portion of U.S. Route
6, from the Ohio/Pennsylvania State Line Segment No. 0010/0000
to State Route 18 Segment No. 0350/2046 through Sadsbury
Township, Conneaut Lake Borough, Summit Township, Pine Township,
Linesville Borough and Conneaut Township continuing on State
Route 18 from U.S. 6/322 Segment No. 0110/0000 to State Route
618 Segment No. 0190/0078 in Sadsbury Township and Summit
Township continuing on State Route 618 from U.S. 6 Segment
0010/0000 to State Route 18 Segment No. 0080/2648 to State Route
285 from the Ohio/Pennsylvania State Line Segment No. 0010/0000
to U.S. 6/322 Segment No. 0230/2317 in Conneaut Lake Borough,
Sadsbury Township and North Shenango Township on to State Route
3011 from State Route 285 Segment No. 0110/0000 to U.S. 6
Segment No. 0200/1906 in North Shenango Township, Pine Township
and Linesville Borough, totaling 37 miles in Crawford County, is <--
hereby designated as a scenic byway to be known as the Crawford <--
Lakelands Byway.
(b) Effect of designation.--No outdoor advertising device,
as defined in section 3 of the act of December 15, 1971
(P.L.596, No.160), known as the Outdoor Advertising Control Act
of 1971, may be erected:
(1) within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-
way; or
(2) more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the
right-of-way, outside of urban areas, if the sign is visible
from the main-traveled way of the scenic byway and the
purpose of the sign is that its message be read from the
main-traveled way of the scenic byway, except:
(i) the official signs and notices which are
required or authorized by law and which conform to the
national standards promulgated by the Secretary of
Transportation of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C.
§ 131 (relating to control of outdoor advertising);
(ii) outdoor advertising devices advertising the
sale or lease of the real property upon which they are
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located;
(iii) outdoor advertising devices advertising
activities conducted on the property on which they are
located, including devices which display a message that
may be changed at reasonable intervals by electronic
process or remote control;
(iv) directional signs, including, but not limited
to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and
historical attractions and other points of interest to
the traveling public which conform to the national
standards promulgated by the Secretary of Transportation
of the United States pursuant to 23 U.S.C. § 131; and
(v) signs approved by the department designating the
route as a scenic byway installed in accordance with
department requirements.
(c) Public use maps.--All public use maps produced by the
department for travel, tourism and business interests shall give
special identification of this route and briefly summarize that
the General Assembly established the designation because of the
outstanding scenic, historic, natural, recreational and
archeological characteristics and outstanding qualities and
opportunities for economic development, tourism and conservation
of the sights along the route.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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