{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-8-716","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Transportation § 8–716","heading":"","body":"The Administration may not issue a permit under this part for any outdoor sign if:\n(1) The area of its advertising surface, as required to be specified in the application, exceeds 1,000 square feet;\n(2) It might affect adversely the safety of public travel on any State highway by dangerously obstructing the clear view of the highway by the driver of a motor vehicle on it;\n(3) It is lighted in a way that makes it dangerous to drive a motor vehicle on a State highway; or\n(4) It is located, as to any intersection at grade of a State highway with another highway or with a railroad:\n(i) At any point where it obstructs or interferes with the view of a train or other vehicle approaching the intersection; or\n(ii) At any other point where it is dangerous to the public in any way.","path":["Article - Transportation"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gtr\u0026section=8-716","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:01:38Z","sha256":"31b5b1fa7b3084c345b419fa0d179e66cc816c5b9305eaa1e4e560f2e7390d7f","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-8-715","next":"us-md/md.-code-transportation-8-717"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}