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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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PART V. OUTDOOR SIGNS ALONG EXPRESSWAYS.
8-739. "EXPRESSWAY" DEFINED.
IN THIS PART, "EXPRESSWAY" INCLUDES AN INTERSTATE
HIGHWAY.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from repeated
references to "any expressway, including the
interstate system of highways" (see, e.g.,
present Art. 89B, §§231 and 231A).
Sea, also, §§1-101, 8-101, and 8-701 of this
article for other applicable definitions.
8-740. 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 AN EXPRESSWAY, ONLY IF:
(1) THE SIGN IS 660 FEET OR LESS FROM THE
NEAREST EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EXPRESSWAY; OR
(2) THE SIGN IS:
(I) MORE THAN 660 FEET FROM THE NEAREST EDGE
OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE EXPRESSWAY;
(II) WHOLLY OR PARTLY VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN
TRAVELED WAY OF THE EXPRESSWAY; AND
(III) INTENDED TO BE READ FROM THE MAIN
TRAVELED WAY OF THE EXPRESSWAY.
(B) EXCEPTION FOR PREEXISTING SIGNS.
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN §8-743 OF THIS SUBTITLE AS TO
THE REMOVAL OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS, THIS PART DOES NOT
APPLY TO:
(1) AN OUTDOOR SIGN THAT IS 660 FEET OR LESS
FROM THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF AN
EXPRESSWAY, IF THE SIGN WAS ERECTED ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1,
1959; OR
(2) AN OUTDOOR SIGN THAT IS MORE THAN 660
FEET FROM THE NEAREST EDGE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF AN
EXPRESSWAY, IF THE SIGN WAS ERECTED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1,
1975.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 89B,
§§231 and 231A, and revised to clarify the
applicability of the prohibitions and
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