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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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(4) PROMOTE THE ENJOYMENT OF TRAVEL ON AND
PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN HIGHWAYS IN THIS
STATE; AND
(5) PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE NATURAL SCENIC
BEAUTY OR ESTHETIC FEATURES AND VALUES OF THESE HIGHWAYS
AND THEIR ADJACENT AREAS.
(B) PURPOSE AND INTENT.
(1) IT IS A POLICY OF THIS STATE THAT:
(I) THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING ALONG THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE FEDERAL-AID
PRIMARY SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS IN THIS STATE SHOULD BE
LIMITED AND REGULATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PART AND
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION
UNDER IT; AND
(II) ALL OUTDOOR ADVERTISING THAT DOES NOT
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PART AND THESE RULES AND
REGULATIONS IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
(2) BY ENACTING THIS PART, THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY INTENDS TO PROVIDE A STATUTORY BASIS FOR THE
REGULATION OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CONSISTENT WITH THE
PUBLIC POLICY FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO FEDERAL-AID PRIMARY
HIGHWAYS, AS DECLARED BY THE CONGRESS IN THE FEDERAL
HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT OF 1965 AND THE FEDERAL-AID
HIGHWAY AMENDMENT OF 1974.
(C) LIBERAL CONSTRUCTION.
THIS PARI SHALL BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED TO CARRY OUT
THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY STATED IN THIS SECTION.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
the first paragraph of Art. 89B, §250 and Art.
89B, §261.
The only changes are in style.
8-727. SCOPE OF PART.
(A) SIGNS TO WHICH PART APPLIES.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, THIS
PART REGULATES THE ERECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN OUTDOOR
SIGN ALONG OR NEAR A FEDERAL-AID PRIMARY HIGHWAY, ONLY
IF:
(1) THE SIGN IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY VISIBLE FROM
THE MAIN TRAVELED WAY OF THE HIGHWAY; AND
(2) THE SIGN IS:
(I) 660 FEET OR LESS FROM THE NEAREST EDGE OF
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