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(v) Official and "on-premise" signs, as denned in Section 131 (c)
of Title 23, United States Code, shall not be counted nor shall
measurements be made from them for purposes of determining com-
pliance with the above spacing requirements.

(vi) The minimum distance between signs shall be measured along
the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite
the signs. Minimum spacing criteria specified above for all highways
shall not apply for sign structures separated by a building or other
obstruction so that only one sign structure is visible from any one
place on the main-traveled way.

(d)  Lighting: Signs may be illuminated, subject to the following
restrictions:

(i) Signs which contain, include, or are illuminated by any
flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights are prohibited, ex-
cept those giving public service information such as time, date,
temperature, weather, or similar information.

(ii) Signs which are not effectively shielded as to prevent beams
or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled
ways of the federal-aid primary highway and which are of such
intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of
the driver of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with
any driver's operation of a motor vehicle are prohibited.

(iii) No sign shall be so illuminated that it interferes with the
effectiveness of, or obscures an official traffic sign, device, or signal.

(iv) All such lighting shall be subject to any other provisions
relating to lighting of signs presently applicable to all highways
under the jurisdiction of the State. (1968, ch. 589.)

(e)   This section shall not apply to the erection or maintenance
of any school bus waiting shelter displaying outdoor advertising
signs provided the outdoor advertising does not exceed forty (40)
THIRTY-TWO (32) square feet in area , HAS NO MORE THAN
ONE SIGN FACING IN ONE DIRECTION and is limited to not
more than four (4) TWO (2) signs per shelter. ALL OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING ON SCHOOL BUS SHELTERS SHALL BE SUB-
JECT TO APPLICABLE LOCAL ZONING REGULATIONS AND
STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE STATE WHICH ARE
CONSISTENT WITH THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
REGARDING NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR OUTDOOR AD-
VERTISING ON INTERSTATE AND FEDERALLY AIDED PRI-
MARY SYSTEMS OF HIGHWAYS.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 434
(Senate Bill 620)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 24 of
Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement