Colorado § 43-1-416 - Local control of outdoor advertising devices.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 43-1-416 — Local control of outdoor advertising devices., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 43-1-416. Local control of outdoor advertising devices.
Nothing in this part 4 shall be construed to prevent use of zoning powers and establishment of stricter limitations or controls on advertising devices by any municipality or county within its boundaries so long as such limitations or controls do not jeopardize the receipt by the state of its full share of federal highway funds.
Source: L. 81: Entire part R&RE, p. 2017, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 43-1-405 as it existed prior to 1981.
ANNOTATION
City sign code preempted by this section. City ordinance which required the removal of signs after a period of amortization, but which did not provide for the payment of compensation, jeopardized the state's receipt of its share of federal highway funds and was thus preempted by this section. Fort Collins v. Root Outdoor Advertising, 788 P.2d 149 (Colo. 1990).
Payment of just compensation for the removal of signs is required to preserve the state's federal funding; amortization is not the equivalent of "just compensation". Removal of signs must be accomplished through eminent domain proceedings. Fort Collins v. Root Outdoor Advertising, 788 P.2d 149 (Colo. 1990).
A city may use municipal funds to compensate an owner for the removal of signs prior to the availability of the federal share of such compensation. Fort Collins v. Root Outdoor Advertising, 788 P.2d 149 (Colo. 1990).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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