Saline County, AR Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required from
- Saline County Planning Board
- Road setback
- 25 ft from arterial/collector road ROW
- Permit fee
- $100.00 per application
- Permit term
- One six-month period
- Fine
- Up to $1,000 per violation
- Continuing violation
- Up to $500 per day
- Ordinance
- Ord. No. 2009-098
Summary
Section 350.04 requires a Saline County Planning Board permit before any billboard goes up in the unincorporated county, and bars billboards within any road right-of-way or within 25 feet of an arterial or collector road identified on the county's Master Road Plan. Permits cost $100, and violators face fines up to $1,000.
a. No billboard shall be erected in the unincorporated area of Saline County without first obtaining permit approval from the Saline County Planning Board as provided herein. ... 3) No billboard or part thereof, shall be erected, used, or operated or maintained: a. Within any public or county road right-of-way. b. Within twenty-five (25) feet of the nearest edge of any public, county arterial or collector road right-of-way as identified by the Saline County Master Road Plan. c. Overhanging a public right-of-way or a private road or drive.
Full Breakdown
04, no billboard, defined broadly to include any off-premises advertising object, device, display or sign visible from a public way, may be erected in the unincorporated area without a permit from the Saline County Planning Board, though replacing or altering changeable copy and routine painting, repairing or cleaning do not require one. 00 application fee. A permit is valid for a single six-month period and becomes void if construction has not started. 04(3) sets the roadway placement rule directly: no billboard may be erected, used or maintained within any public or county road right-of-way, within 25 feet of the nearest edge of a public, county arterial or collector road right-of-way as identified by the Saline County Master Road Plan, or overhanging a public right-of-way or a private road or drive.
Billboards lawfully in place before the ordinance may continue as legal nonconforming signs unless structurally altered or moved, and a sign that has carried no message for 180 consecutive days is deemed abandoned. Ord. No. 2009-098 was passed December 15, 2009.
Violations & Fines
Under § 350.04(5), violating any billboard provision, including the road-setback rule, is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.00 for each separate violation plus court costs; a continuing violation adds up to $500.00 for each additional day it persists, and the Planning Board may also revoke a permit obtained through false statements.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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