Maryland Statutes
Part IV - Outdoor Signs Along Federal-Aid Primary Highways
Section 8-727 - Scope of Part

(a)    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)    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)    This part does not apply to on premise outdoor signs.

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