1338                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 433

tising sign, display or device which is wholly or partially visible
from the main-traveled way of such highway, except as hereinafter
provided:

(a)  General: The following signs shall not be permitted:

(i) Signs which imitate or resemble any official traffic sign, signal,
or device.

(ii) Signs which are erected or maintained upon trees or painted
or drawn upon rocks or other natural features.

(iii) Signs which are erected or maintained in such a manner as
to obscure, or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official
traffic sign, signal, or device, or obstruct or interfere with the
driver's view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.

(b)  Size of signs:

(i) The maximum area for any one sign shall be 1000 square feet
with a maximum height of 25 feet and maximum length of 50 feet,
inclusive of any border and trim but excluding ornamental base or
apron supports and other structural members.

(ii) The area shall be measured by the smallest square, rectangle,
triangle, circle or combination thereof which will encompass the
entire sign.

(iii) A sign structure may contain one or two signs per facing
and may be placed double-faced, back-to-back or V-type, but the
total area of any facing may not exceed 800 square feet.

(iv) Signs which exceed 400 square feet in area may not be
double-faced (abutting and facing the same direction).

(c)   Spacing of signs:

(1)   Signs may not be located within 250 feet of public parks,
public forests, playgrounds, and cemeteries which are adjacent to
the federal-aid primary system of highways.

(2)  The location of sign structures situated between streets,
roads or highways entering into or intersecting the main-traveled
way shall conform to the following minimum spacing criteria to be
applied separately to each side of the primary highway:

(i) Where the distance between center lines of intersecting streets
or highways is less than 1000 feet, three sign structures, with a
minimum spacing between structures of 100 feet (double-faced,
V-type and/or back-to-back), may be permitted between such inter-
secting streets or highways.

(ii) Where the distance between center lines of intersecting
streets or highways is 1000 feet or more, minimum spacing between
sign structures (double-faced, V-type, and/or back-to-back), shall
be 300 feet.

(iii) Alleys, undeveloped rights-of-way, private roads and drive-
ways shall not be regarded as intersecting streets, roads or highways.

(iv) Only roads, streets and highways which enter directly into
the main-traveled way of the primary highway shall be regarded as
intersecting.