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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-714" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation of Outdoor Advertising">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Whether or not the person must be licensed under Part II of this subtitle, a person may not erect or maintain any outdoor sign outside the limits of any municipal corporation and within 500 feet of a State highway, unless the person has a permit issued by the Administration for that sign.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A permit is not required under this section to erect or maintain any outdoor sign:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>That is used only to advertise the sale or lease of the property on which it is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That is on or within 100 feet of any building or the entrance to any building in which the business advertised is carried on;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>That is used only to advertise:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A Maryland historic shrine or institution; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A county or church fair held in this State;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>That advertises a candidate or the support or defeat of any proposition. This sign:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall comply with all provisions of the Election Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall comply with public safety requirements as set forth in § 8–716 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Shall conform to all local restrictions and zoning requirements which are more restrictive than this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Shall conform to the restrictions and requirements of Parts IV and V of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>That is only a temporary outdoor sign that advertises the sale in season of fresh produce on property that adjoins a State highway by a person who has grown the fresh produce and who owns, rents, or has permission to sell on the property. This sign:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall comply with public safety requirements as set forth in § 8–716 of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall conform to all local restrictions and zoning requirements that are more restrictive than this section, including any applicable time limitation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Shall conform to the restrictions and requirements of Parts IV and V of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Shall be removed or covered when produce is no longer for sale.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
