Section 8-730 - Signs for which permit may not be issued. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-730. Signs for which permit may not be issued.
 

The Administration may not issue a permit for any outdoor sign along or near any federal-aid primary highway, if the sign: 

(1) Imitates or resembles any official traffic sign, signal, or device; 

(2) Is erected or maintained on any tree or painted or drawn on any rock or other natural feature; 

(3) Is erected or maintained in a way that: 

(i) Obscures or otherwise interferes with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal, or device; or 

(ii) Obstructs or interferes with a driver's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic; or 

(4) Is located within 250 feet of any public park, public forest, playground, or cemetery that is adjacent to a federal-aid primary highway. 
 

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