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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-701" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation of Outdoor Advertising">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Erect” means, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Erect” does not include any of the activities described in paragraph (1) of this subsection when performed only as an incident to a change of advertising message or the customary maintenance or repair of an outdoor sign or outdoor sign structure.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Main traveled way” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>That part of a roadway that is used for the movement of vehicles and on which through traffic is carried; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In the case of a divided highway, that part of each of the separated roadways that is used for the movement of vehicles and on which through traffic is carried in opposite directions.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Main traveled way” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shoulders; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Frontage roads, turning roadways, parking areas, or similar facilities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“On premise outdoor sign” means any outdoor sign that, regardless of content, is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform the traveling public of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The sale or lease of the property on which it is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The sale or lease of a product grown, produced, or manufactured on the property on which it is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The sale or lease of a service performed on the property on which it is located; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The name of the owner, agent, assignee, or lessee of the property on which it is located.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Outdoor sign” means any outdoor sign, display, light, structure, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, placard, poster, billboard, device, or other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform the traveling public.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Visible” means capable of being seen, whether or not legible, without visual aid by a person of normal eyesight.</text>
  </level>
</section>
