Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 672 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 672-14 - GRANTING, RENEWAL, AND REVOCATION OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PERMITS FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
Rule 672-14-.05 - Conditions Governing a Vegetation Management Permit
Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024
(1) The Vegetation Management Permit authorizes one or more of the following actions:
(2) The Department shall:
(3) The Permittee shall furnish the Department a performance and payment bond commensurate to ensure the completion of the project in the form of a certified check, cashiers' check or bank money order or a performance and payment bond on forms with sureties acceptable to the Department which will be required to run concurrently with the permit. Such bonds shall be subject to forfeiture to the Department in the event of a violation of these regulations or upon failure of the applicant to leave the work site in a condition acceptable to the Department.
(4) The Permittee shall hold the Department harmless against any and all loss, cost, damage, claim, expense of liability whatsoever because of accident or injury to persons or property of others occurring in connection with the performance of services under this Contract.
(5) The applicant, its agents, servants, officers, employees and contractors are required to meet all current GDOT minimum coverages for commercial general liability insurance, commercial automobile insurance, and worker's compensation insurance. A Certificate of Insurance demonstrating proof of these coverage's and naming the State of Georgia as an additional insured must be received by the Department prior to any work being performed at the Viewing Zone site:
(6) All drivers of project equipment must possess a valid license for the type of vehicle being driven.
(7) The Department is authorized to promulgate specifications and guidelines to govern the Department's implementation of the provisions of this Chapter, and to set forth these specifications and guidelines in the Department's Manual of Guidance. Copies of these guidelines shall be provided to applicants upon written request to the Department's Office of Maintenance, 600 West Peachtree Street, N.W., One Georgia Center 10th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30308.
(8) A release of the applicant's bond is contingent on the applicant's providing the Department with six electronic photographs clearly depicting the completed vegetation management activity within the viewing zone. For signs that must be lowered, verification that the sign has been lowered to 75 feet or less, as measured from the base of the sign or crown of the adjacent roadway to which the sign is permitted, whichever is higher, must be provided from a licensed, Professional Engineer or licensed Land Surveyor.
O.C.G.A. Secs. 32-2-2, 32-6-90, 50-13-4.