A. The director shall enter into the agreement with the United States secretary of transportation provided for by 23 United States Code § 131(d) providing the standards governing the size, lighting and spacing of outdoor advertising authorized under section 28-7902, subsection A, paragraphs 4 and 5 and defining an unzoned commercial or industrial area.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-7907

  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Outdoor advertising: means any outdoor sign, display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard or other thing that is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform and the message of which is visible from any place on the main traveled way of the interstate, secondary or primary systems. See Arizona Laws 28-7901
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Unzoned commercial or industrial area: means an area that is not zoned under authority of law and in which land use is characteristic of that generally permitted only in areas that are actually zoned commercial or industrial under authority of state law, that embraces all land on the same side of the highway on which one or more commercial or industrial activities are conducted, including all land within one thousand feet measured in any direction from the nearest edge of the actual land used or occupied by this activity, its parking, storage and service areas, its driveways and its established front, rear and side yards, and that constitutes an integral part of this activity. See Arizona Laws 28-7901

B. If the standards and definitions contained in the agreement do not agree substantially with this article, the agreement is not effective until this article is amended to conform with the terms of the agreement.