Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1103 – Enforcement of chapter; rules and regulations; examinations; …
(a) The Department shall:
(1) Enforce this chapter; and
(2) Make, publish and enforce such regulations for the proper control and restriction of outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices as may be necessary or advisable to implement the policy and accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1103
- Controlled areas: means and includes any area inside the boundaries of this State which is adjacent to the right-of-way of a highway of the interstate or primary systems, except that areas beyond 660 feet of the right-of-way inside urban areas shall be excluded from this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
- Department: means the Department of Transportation. See Delaware Code Title 17 Sec. 1102
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) All employees of the Department, or any peace officer of this State, when so directed by the Department or its officers, may enter into and upon any land or building to make any examination or survey which the Department deems necessary to the effective administration of this chapter or to enforce this chapter.
(c) This chapter shall apply only to outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices situate outside the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town in this State and to those outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices situate in controlled areas within such corporate limits.
42 Del. Laws, c. 182, §§ ?2, 14; 17 Del. C. 1953, § ?1103; 53 Del. Laws, c. 87, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 276; 57 Del. Laws, c. 633, § ?7; 61 Del. Laws, c. 262, § ?7;