Section 173.27 — Citation.
173.27 CITATION. Laws 1971, chapter 883, may be cited as the “Minnesota Outdoor Advertising Control Act.” History: 1971 c 883 s 18
Section 173.13 — Permit To Advertise Along Interstate And Primary Highways.
173.13 PERMIT TO ADVERTISE ALONG INTERSTATE AND PRIMARY HIGHWAYS. Subdivision 1. Permit required. No advertising device shall be erected or maintained in any adjacent area without a permit therefor being first obtained from the commissioner, except that permit systems of legitimate local zoning authorities shall take precedence inside a business area. Subd. 2. Rules. The […]
Section 173.15 — Prohibited Advertising Devices.
173.15 PROHIBITED ADVERTISING DEVICES. (a) After June 8, 1971, no advertising device shall be erected or maintained: (1) which purports to be or resembles an official traffic-control device, sign, or signal, or railroad sign or signal; or which hides from view or interferes in any material degree with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device, sign, […]
Section 173.155 — Changeable Electronic Variable Message Signs.
173.155 CHANGEABLE ELECTRONIC VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS. Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, “changeable electronic variable message sign” or “CEVMS” means an outdoor advertising device that contains light-emitting diodes or other technology to display copy visible during the day and during the night, with the copy changes initiated electronically. Subd. 2. Prohibition. Intermittent, […]
Section 173.16 — Advertising Device In Business Area.
173.16 ADVERTISING DEVICE IN BUSINESS AREA. Subdivision 1. Effective date. After June 8, 1971, advertising devices in a business area shall comply with the standards stated in this section. Subd. 2. Size limitations, inside and outside corporate limits. (a) In a business area within a corporate limit the maximum area of a sign face, whether […]
Section 173.17 — Removal Of Advertising Device; Compensation.
173.17 REMOVAL OF ADVERTISING DEVICE; COMPENSATION. (a) It is hereby declared that where in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter it is necessary that property rights be acquired, such acquisition is for a public purpose and is necessary for a highway purpose. The commissioner of transportation is authorized to acquire by purchase, […]
Section 173.171 — Vegetation Control; Visibility; Agreement.
173.171 VEGETATION CONTROL; VISIBILITY; AGREEMENT. The commissioner of the Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with the owners of advertising devices not prohibited under this chapter and lawfully erected and maintained in adjacent areas, or with the owners of the real property on which the advertising devices are located, providing for the control of […]
Section 173.185 — Agreement With Federal Government; Rules.
173.185 AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; RULES. Subdivision 1. Federal laws and regulations. The commissioner of transportation shall comply with federal law and federal rules and regulations relating to billboard control on the interstate and primary systems, and is authorized to do all necessary acts and things, including, but not limited to, entering into binding agreements […]
Section 173.20 — Conflict Of Laws.
173.20 CONFLICT OF LAWS. Nothing in sections 173.13 to 173.231 shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any other law, municipal ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising than the provisions of said sections 173.13 to 173.231 hereof or of the regulations adopted thereunder. History: 1965 c 828 s […]
Section 173.21 — Chapter Violations; Misdemeanor; Injunctive Relief.
173.21 CHAPTER VIOLATIONS; MISDEMEANOR; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. Any person who violates any provisions of sections 173.13 to 173.231 or any rules issued or adopted thereunder after notice thereof upon conviction is guilty of a misdemeanor. In addition thereto, the commissioner of transportation may seek injunctive relief in the district court of the county in which the […]