Section 8-727 - Scope of part. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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 the right-of-way of the highway; or 

(ii) More than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the highway, and intended to be read from the main traveled way of the highway. 

(b)  Preexisting signs.- Except as provided in §§ 8-734 and 8-735 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 a federal-aid primary highway, if the sign was erected on or before July 1, 1968; or 

(2) An outdoor sign that is more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of a federal-aid primary highway, if the sign was erected on or before July 1, 1975. 

(c)  On premise outdoor signs.- This part does not apply to on premise outdoor signs. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 89B, §§ 250, 252, 259; 1977, ch. 13, § 2.]