173.01 DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is hereby found and declared that in the interest of and to promote the general welfare of the people and to conserve the natural beauty of areas adjacent to certain highways, it is necessary to reasonably and effectively regulate and control the erection or maintenance of advertising devices on land […]
173.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of Laws 1971, chapter 883, the terms defined in this section shall have the meanings herein given them. Subd. 2. [Renumbered subd 16] Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1971 c 883 s 2] Subd. 4. [Renumbered subd 23] Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1971 c 883 s 2] Subd. 6. Various […]
173.025 MUNICIPAL IDENTIFICATION SIGN. A local road authority may erect a municipal identification entrance sign within the right-of-way of a trunk highway with the written permission of the commissioner. Municipal identification entrance signs erected without the written permission of the commissioner are prohibited. History: 1996 c 455 art 3 s 27
173.03 ROAD ADVERTISING PERMIT WITHIN SCENIC AREA. Except as otherwise provided in sections 173.01 to 173.11, the erection or maintenance of any advertising device located within a scenic area without a written permit therefor granted by the commissioner of transportation is prohibited. History: 1965 c 828 s 3; 1976 c 166 s 7
173.04 SCENIC AREA; SCENIC EASEMENT; FEDERAL FUNDS. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1975 c 61 s 26] Subd. 2. Establishment; rules. The commissioner of transportation may by rules issued pursuant to chapter 14 establish scenic areas adjacent to the interstate or primary highways. Such scenic areas shall be located outside of the then existing boundaries of cities, […]
173.05 ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY. The commissioner of transportation shall acquire all rights in property, personal or real, necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 173.01 to 173.11, by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings. All costs of acquisition of such rights shall be necessary for a highway purpose. Nothing herein shall be construed to […]
173.06 RULES RELATING TO ROAD ADVERTISING. Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner of transportation must adopt and may modify, amend, or repeal rules governing the maintenance of legal nonconforming advertising devices within scenic areas; provided that the commissioner shall not adopt, modify, amend, or repeal any rule that will impair any agreement between the state and […]
173.07 ROAD ADVERTISING PERMIT APPLICATION, RENEWAL. Subdivision 1. Forms; content. Application for permits or renewals thereof for the placement of advertising devices must be on forms prescribed by the commissioner and contain information as the commissioner may require. No advertising device shall be placed without the consent of the owner or occupant of the land, […]
173.08 EXCLUDED ROAD ADVERTISING DEVICES. Subdivision 1. Advertising devices restricted. No advertising device, excepting the advertising devices described and permitted under sections 173.01 to 173.27, shall be erected or maintained in an adjacent area, after June 8, 1971, except the following: (1) directional and other official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining to […]
173.081 DIRECTIONAL SIGN. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall develop uniform standards for directional signs erected under this chapter. The standards must provide for the size, lighting, spacing, design, colors, and maintenance of the signs. The standards must provide that: (1) no pictorial or photographic representations be placed on the signs; (2) directional signs facing […]
173.0851 STATE ENERGY CITY. The city of Elk River is designated as a state energy city. History: 2007 c 57 art 2 s 10
173.086 RECYCLING CENTER SIGN. Subdivision 1. Authority to erect. A recycling facility that has complied with the permitting rules of the Pollution Control Agency and has been designated a recycling center by the agency under section 115A.555 may erect a recycling center sign upon payment of a fee to the Department of Transportation or to […]
173.09 VIOLATIONS, REMEDIES. Any advertising device in place within a scenic area four months after the property rights for such area have been acquired which is in violation of sections 173.01 to 173.11 or any rule issued or adopted thereunder, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, illegal and nonconforming and may be abated […]
173.10 CONFLICT OF LAWS. Nothing in sections 173.01 to 173.11 shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any other law, municipal ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising devices than are the provisions of such sections or of the rules adopted hereunder. History: 1965 c 828 s 10; 1985 […]
173.11 CHAPTER VIOLATIONS, MISDEMEANOR. Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of sections 173.01 to 173.11, or of violating any rule issued or adopted thereunder after receiving notice thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1965 c 828 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70
173.12 APPLICABILITY. Sections 173.01 and 173.02 and 173.13 to 173.231 shall apply to adjacent areas on interstate or primary highways. History: 1965 c 828 s 12; 1971 c 883 s 7; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 85
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
