NAC410.360. Maintenance of signs; reconstruction.

     1. Maintained signs must be kept in a state of ordinary repair. As used in this subsection, “ordinary repair” means such maintenance, repair, upkeep and refurbishing of the sign as is required to allow the sign to exist for its normal expected life.

     2. Any nonconforming or grandfathered conforming sign that sustains damage from wind, or accidental external influence beyond the control of the owner of the sign in excess of 50 percent of the cost of the components of the supporting structure, including, without limitation, the main supports, braces and stringers, shall be deemed totally destroyed. Advertising panels are not components of the supporting structure. Any reconstruction of such a sign must meet all criteria for the construction of a new sign at that location.

     3. Pursuant to the authority in NRS 410.220, the following applies to the maintenance of outdoor advertising structures:

     (a) No outdoor advertising structures may be maintained from across right-of-way control of access fences or boundaries. Any violation of this provision will result in immediate cancellation of the sign permit with no prior notice.

     (b) Improper maintenance of outdoor advertising structures will, at the discretion of the Director, result in the revocation of any sign permits or licenses of the offending structure, and the owner will be required to remove the same within 30 days after notification.

     [Dep’t of Highways, Outdoor Advertising Control Manual pp. 18 & 19, eff. 1-28-77]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Transportation by R058-97, 12-11-98)