§ 8-716
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§8–716.
The Administration may not issue a permit under this part for any outdoor sign if:
(1)The area of its advertising surface, as required to be specified in the application, exceeds 1,000 square feet;
(2)It might affect adversely the safety of public travel on any State highway by dangerously obstructing the clear view of the highway by the driver of a motor vehicle on it;
(3)It is lighted in a way that makes it dangerous to drive a motor vehicle on a State highway; or
(4)It is located, as to any intersection at grade of a State highway with another highway or with a railroad:
(i)At any point where it obstructs or interferes with the view of a train or other vehicle approaching the intersection; or
(ii)At any other point where it is dangerous to the public in any way.