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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="8-732" title_number="8" title_name="Highways" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation of Outdoor Advertising">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “centerline” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The centerline of the main traveled way of a nondivided highway; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A line equidistant from the edges of the median separating the main traveled ways of a divided highway.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The location of an outdoor sign structure located between highways entering into or intersecting the main traveled way of any federal-aid primary highway shall conform to the minimum spacing criteria specified in this section, to be applied separately to each side of the federal-aid primary highway.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the distance between the centerlines of intersecting highways is less than 1,000 feet, a maximum of three sign structures, whether double-faced, back-to-back, or v-type, may be permitted between the intersecting highways, and the minimum spacing between the structures shall be 100 feet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the distance between the centerlines of intersecting highways is 1,000 feet or more, the minimum spacing between sign structures, whether double-faced, back-to-back, or v-type, shall be 300 feet.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For purposes of this subsection, the following rules apply.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Alleys, undeveloped rights-of-way, private roads, and driveways may not be regarded as intersecting highways.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Only highways that enter directly into the main traveled way of the federal-aid primary highway may be regarded as intersecting.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Official and “on premise” signs, as defined in Title 23, § 131(c) of the United States Code, may not be counted, and measurements may not be made from them for purposes of determining compliance with the spacing requirements.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The minimum distance between signs shall be measured along the nearest edge of the pavement between points directly opposite the signs.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The minimum spacing criteria specified in this section do not apply to sign structures separated by a building or other obstruction so that only one sign structure is visible from any one place on the main traveled way.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
