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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 24. Transportation and Motor Vehicles |
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Agency 30. Department of Transportation |
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Chapter 120. Rules and Regulations Controlling Outdoor Advertising and Directional and Othersigns and Notices |
Section 10. Definitions
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Part I. Outdoor Advertising in Zoned and Unzoned Commercial and Industrial Areas
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
"Commercial or industrial activities" means those activities generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this Commonwealth, except that none of the following activities shall be considered commercial or industrial:
1. Outdoor advertising structures.
2. Agricultural, forestry, grazing, farming, and related activities including, but not limited to, wayside fresh produce stands.
3. Transient or temporary activities.
4. Activities not visible from the main-traveled way.
5. Activities more than 300 feet from the nearest edge of the right of way.
6. Activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence.
7. Railroad tracks and minor sidings.
"National highway system" means the federal-aid highway system described in subsection (b) of § 103 of Title 23, United States Code, and regulations adopted pursuant to that law, or as defined in § 33.2-1200 of the Code of Virginia.
"Unzoned commercial or industrial areas" means those areas on which there is located one or more permanent structures devoted to a business on industrial activity or on which a commercial or industrial activity is actually conducted, whether or not a permanent structure is located thereon, and the area along the highway extending outward 500 feet from and beyond the edge of such activity. Each side of the highway will be considered separately in applying this definition.
"Zoned commercial or industrial areas" means those areas which are reserved for business, commerce, or trade pursuant to a comprehensive state or local zoning ordinance or regulation. All measurements shall be from the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing areas of the activities, not from the property lines of the activities, and shall be along or parallel to the edge or pavement of the highway.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR385-01-13 § 1.1, eff. April 1, 1976; amended, Volume 11, Issue 10, eff. March 8, 1995; Volume 31, Issue 07, eff. December 31, 2014.