The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXIII
MOTOR VEHICLES

Chapter 316
STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL

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F.S. 316.0747

316.0747 Sale or purchase of traffic control devices by nongovernmental entities; prohibitions.—

(1) It is unlawful for any nongovernmental entity to use any traffic control device at any place where the general public is invited, unless such device conforms to the uniform system of traffic control devices adopted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to this chapter.

(2) Nongovernmental entities to which the general public is invited to travel shall install and maintain uniform traffic control devices at appropriate locations pursuant to the standards set forth by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices as adopted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to s. 316.0745. Businesses the parking lots of which do not provide intersecting lanes of traffic and businesses having fewer than 25 parking spaces are exempt from the provisions of this subsection.

(3) A person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.—s. 1, ch. 79-376; s. 1, ch. 90-121; s. 13, ch. 99-5; s. 88, ch. 99-13; s. 96, ch. 99-248; s. 24, ch. 2013-18.

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Amendments to 316.0747

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 316.0747

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S316.0747 1 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - NONGOV ENT USE OF TRAF CONT DEV NOT DOT SPEC - M: S

S316.0747 2 - PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES - FAIL TO INSTALL TRAF CONT DEV W DOT SPEC - M: S

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

SPRUCE CREEK DEVELOPMENT CO. OF OCALA, INC. v. DREW, 746 So. 2d 1109 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

. . . Section 316.0747(1), Florida Statutes (1989), provides: (1) It is unlawful for any nongovernmental entity . . . Later revisions to the statute included section 316.0747(3), Florida Statutes (1997). . In Jones v. . . .

McFALL v. INVERRARY COUNTRY CLUB, INC., 622 So. 2d 41 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1993)

. . . near misses at the crossing, as well as evidence as to whether the stop sign complied with section 316.0747 . . .