No person, firm or corporation shall erect or maintain or cause to be erected or maintained, within three hundred feet of any state highway, any sign which has thereon any of the following words: “Stop”, “caution”, “danger”, “dangerous”, “warning” or “slow”, or any other word or character or any device, floodlight or spotlight, signal or symbol intended to give or capable of giving warning or direction to or interfering with traffic, except with the approval or under the direction of the commissioner. No provision of this section shall be construed to prevent any officer of any municipality or any public utility company from erecting or maintaining any danger or warning sign required by statute or any sign designed for the protection of the public or to aid in the operation of any public utility. No such direction or danger sign shall bear the name of any article or product or the name or address of any person, firm or corporation or any advertisement, except that a directional sign may bear directions and other official notices pertaining to (1) farming that is part of the state's agricultural tourism; (2) facilities in this state where Connecticut-made beer is manufactured or sold, including, but not limited to, signs or notices containing the words “Connecticut Brewery Trail”; or (3) any farm in this state located within ten miles of a state-maintained limited access highway, except a parkway, where Connecticut-made wine is manufactured or sold, including, but not limited to, signs or notices containing the words “Connecticut Wine Trail”. The commissioner may enter upon any property and remove any sign which does not conform to the provisions of this section. Any person, any member of any firm or any corporation violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense and not more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

(1949 Rev., S. 2248; 1958 Rev., S. 13-135; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 124; 518; P.A. 14-199, S. 13.)

History: 1963 acts added words “device, floodlight or spotlight, signal” and “interfering with” traffic and restated former provisions: See title history; P.A. 14-199 added provision re exception for directional signs pertaining to agricultural tourism farming, facilities where Connecticut-made beer is manufactured or sold and farms where Connecticut-made wine is manufactured or sold, effective June 12, 2014.

See Sec. 14-310 re fraudulent or obstructive signs or signals.

Cited. 121 C. 478.

Cited. 41 CS 66.