PURPOSE: This rule informs interested persons how they may obtain information and materials about state outdoor advertising control.

1. (1) General Information. Sections 226.500– 226.600, RSMo regulate outdoor advertising in Missouri adjacent to the interstate and primary highway systems. The Missouri General Assembly has delegated authority to the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission to implement these statutes. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has adopted administrative rules, 7 CSR 10-6, under these statutes. These rules have the force and effect of law and should be read together with the statutes.
2. (2) Organization. The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission controls and acts by and through the Missouri Department of Transportation which is directed by the director of transportation. For purposes of this rule, the state is geographically divided into seven (7) areas. Each outdoor advertising area office is headed by an outdoor advertising area permit specialist who is responsible to the outdoor advertising manager for supervising all outdoor advertising activities within that area. Counties in each area are as follows: Area No. 1 includes: Barton, Bates, Cass, Cedar, Clay, Dade, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte, St. Clair, Vernon; Area No. 2 includes: Adair, Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, Sullivan; Area No. 3 includes: Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Gasconade, Hickory, Howard, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Pulaski, Saline; Area No. 4 includes: City of St. Louis, Crawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Perry, Ste. Genevieve, St. Charles, St. Francois, St. Louis, Warren, Washington; Area No. 5 includes: Barry, Christian, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Ozark, Polk, Stone, Taney, Webster, Wright; Area No. 6 includes: Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Pemiscot, Reynold, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Texas, Wayne; Area No. 7 includes: Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Ray and Worth.
3. (3) How to Obtain Information and Materials. Information and materials regarding outdoor advertising control, including copies of sections 226.500–226.600, RSMo, administrative rules, application forms, maps of the interstate and primary highway systems, and area maps showing the location of the outdoor advertising area offices and the counties within each outdoor advertising area, may be obtained in person, or by writing or telephoning the outdoor advertising area permit specialist, Missouri Department of Transportation: Area No. 1, 600 NE Colbern Road—PO Box 648002, Lee’s Summit, MO 64086, (816) 622-6353; Area No. 2, 1511 Missouri Boulevard, PO Box 718, Jefferson City, MO 65102, (513) 751-7187; Area No. 3, 1511 Missouri Boulevard, PO Box 718, Jefferson City, MO 65102, (573) 751-9289; Area No. 4, 1590 Woodlake Drive, Chesterfield, MO 63017, (314) 340-4327; Area No. 5, 3025 East Kearney—PO Box 868, Springfield, MO 65801, (417) 895- 7648; Area No. 6, 2910 Barron Road, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901, (573) 840-9292; Area No. 7, U.S. Route 63—PO Box 8, Macon, MO 63552, (660) 385-8264.
4. (4) Forms are available from the outdoor advertising permit specialist in each area.

AUTHORITY: sections 226.500–226.600, RSMo 2000 and Supp. 2002.* Original rule filed April 11, 1972, effective April 30, 1972. Rescinded and readopted: Filed May 16, 1977, effective Oct. 15, 1977. Amended: Filed Jan. 16, 1990, effective June 11, 1990. Amended: Filed June 15, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Amended: Filed Aug. 31, 1999, effective March 30, 2000. Amended: Filed April 15, 2003, effective Nov. 30, 2003. *Original authority: 226.500–226.600, see Missouri Revised Statutes 2000 and Supp. 2002.