Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 483

  • Outdoor advertising: means a sign that advertises, calls attention, or directs a person to a business, association, profession, commodity, product, institution, service, entertainment, person, place, thing, or activity of any kind whatsoever, and is visible from a highway or other public right-of-way. See
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
  • Travel information: means the various communication media and methods available to collect and distribute information to the traveling public. See

§ 483. Purposes and policy

In order to promote the public health, safety, and other aspects of the general welfare, it is in the public interest to provide information about and help guide travelers to public accommodations and services, other businesses, and points of scenic, historic, cultural, educational, and religious interest. To provide that information, it is the policy of the State and the purpose of this chapter:

(1) To establish means by which the traveling public may receive general and specific travel information in a timely manner utilizing current marketing and technological systems.

(2) To provide for the effective collection and distribution of travel information.

(3) To prohibit the indiscriminate use of other outdoor advertising. (Added 1967, No. 333 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 1993, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)