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ADVERTISING DEVICES 173.04 Information about public places owned or operated by federal, state, or local governments or their agencies, publicly or privately owned natural phenomena, historic, cultural, education, and religious sites, and areas_ of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of the traveling public. (e) All definitions in this subdivision are intended to be in conformity with the national standards for directional and other official signs. Subd. 7. "Interstate highway" means any highway at any time officially designated as a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways by the commissioner of highways and approved by the appropriate authority of the federal government. Subd. 8. "Adjacent area" means any area adjacent to the right of way of an interstate or trunk highway. Subd. 9. "Business area" means any part of an adjacent area which is (a) zoned for business, industrial or commercial activities under the authority of any law of this state or any political subdivision thereof; or (b) not so zoned, but which constitutes an unzoned commercial or industrial area as herein defined. Subd. 10. "Primary highway" means any highway, other than an interstate highway, at any time officially designated as a part of the federal aid primary system by the commissioner of highways and approved by the 'appropriate author- ity of the federal government, and which shall include state trunk highways des- ignated as such by Minnesota Statutes. Subd. 11. "Erect" means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw or in any other way to bring into being or establish but it shall not include any of the foregoing activities when performed as an incident to the change of advertising message or customary maintenance of an outdoor advertising structure or device. Subd. 12. "Advertising area" means that portion of the advertising face of an advertising device which includes the border and trim, thereof, but excludes the base and apron supports and other structural members. Subd. 13. "Maintain" means to allow to exist. Subd. 14. "unzoned commercial or industrial areas" means those areas which are not zoned by state or local law, regulation, or ordinance, and on which there is located one or more permanent structures devoted to a commercial or indus- trial activity or on which a commercial or industrial activity is actually con- ducted whether or not a permanent structure is located thereon, and the area along the highway extending outward 800 feet from and beyond the edge of such activity. Each side of the highway will be considered separately in apply- ing this definition. All measurements shall be from the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing, and Iandscaped areas of the commercial or industrial activity, not from the property lines of the activity, and shall be along or parallel to the edge of the pavement of the highway. Subd. 15. "Commercial or industrial activity" for the purposes .of unzoned commercial or industrial areas means an activity generally recognized as com- mercial or industrial by zoning authorities in this state, except that none of the following activities shall be considered commercial or industrial: (1) Outdoor advertising devices. (2) Agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and related activities, including, but not limited to, temporary wayside fresh produce stands. (3) Transient or temporary activities. (4) Activities not visible from the main traveled way. (5) Activities more than 660 feet from the nearest edge of the right of way. (6) Activitives conducted in a building principally used as a residence. (7) Railroad tracks and minor sidings. [1965 c 828 s 2; 1967 c 299 s 9; Ex19G7 c 9 s 1, 2; 1969 c 1129 art 5 s 1; 1971 c 883 s2] 173.03 PERMITS WITHIN SCENIC AREAS. Except as otherwise provided in sections 173.01 to 173.11, the erection or maintenance of any advertising device located within a scenic area Without a written permit therefor granted by the commissioner of highways is prohibited. [1965c828s31 173.04 BOARD; SCENIC AREAS; lt: EDI RAE FUNDS. Subdivision 1. There 200