Michigan Laws 252.313 – Signs prohibited on adjacent areas; exceptions
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(1) A sign shall not be erected or maintained in an adjacent area where the facing of the sign is visible from an interstate highway, freeway, or primary highway except the following:
(a) Directional and other official signs, including, but not limited to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical attractions, which are required or authorized by law, and which comply with rules promulgated by the department relative to the lighting, size, number, and spacing thereof.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 252.313
- Adjacent area: means the area measured from the nearest edge of the right-of-way of an interstate highway, freeway, or primary highway and, in urbanized areas, extending 3,000 feet perpendicularly and then along a line parallel to the right-of-way line or, outside of urbanized areas, extending perpendicularly to the limit where a sign is visible and then along a line parallel to the right-of-way line. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Business area: means an adjacent area that is zoned by a state, county, township, or municipal zoning authority for industrial or commercial purposes, customarily referred to as "b" or business, "c" or commercial, "i" or industrial, "m" or manufacturing, and "s" or service, and all other similar classifications and that is within a city, village, or charter township or is within 1 mile of the corporate limits of a city, village, or charter township or is beyond 1 mile of the corporate limits of a city, village, or charter township and contains 1 or more permanent structures devoted to the industrial or commercial purposes described in this subdivision and that extends along the highway a distance of 800 feet beyond each edge of the activity. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Department: means the state transportation department. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Freeway: means a divided highway of not less than 2 lanes in each direction to which owners or occupants of abutting property or the public do not have a right of ingress or egress to, from, or across the highway, except at points determined by or as otherwise provided by the authorities responsible for the freeway. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Interstate highway: means a highway officially designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways by the department and approved by the federal government under 23 USC 103. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Primary highway: means a highway other than an interstate highway or freeway that is a regulated route. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Sign: means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, whether placed individually or on a T-type, V-type, back to back, or double-faced display, that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Unzoned commercial or industrial area: means an area that is within an adjacent area, that is not zoned by state or local law, regulation, or ordinance, that contains 1 or more permanent structures devoted to the industrial or commercial purposes described in subdivision (e), and that extends along the highway a distance of 800 feet beyond each edge of the activity. See Michigan Laws 252.302
- Visible: means a sign that has a message that is capable of being seen by an individual of normal visual acuity when traveling in a motor vehicle. See Michigan Laws 252.302
(b) Signs advertising the sale or lease of real property upon which they are located.
(c) On-premises signs.
(d) Signs located in a business area or an unzoned commercial and industrial area and that comply with sections 12, 15, 16, and 17 except that a sign not described in subdivision (a), (b), or (c) shall not be erected or maintained beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right of way.
(2) If the department is authorized by law to designate scenic areas along an interstate highway, freeway, or primary highway, signs shall not be erected or maintained within areas so designated unless located within a business area or an unzoned commercial or industrial area where signs may be erected or maintained in compliance with this act.