A. An incorporated city or town or a county may control outdoor advertising along interstate, secondary and primary highways on request to the director and certification by the director to the United States secretary of transportation that the city, town or county:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-7912

  • 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

1. Has enacted comprehensive zoning ordinances.

2. By ordinance, regulates the size, lighting and spacing of outdoor advertising in zoned commercial and industrial areas along interstate, secondary and primary highways.

B. Cities, towns or counties shall not assume control of outdoor advertising under this section if the ordinance is less restrictive than this article.

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