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173.09 ADVERTISING DEVICES Subd. 2. Advertising devices prohibited. No advertising device shall be erected or maintained: (1) In or within 500 feet of national parks, state parks, local parks, historic sites, and public picnic or rest areas; (2) Within 100 feet of a church or school. [1965 c 828 s 8; Ex.1967 c 9 s 9; 1971 c 883 s 6] 173.09 VIOLATIONS, REMEDIES. Any advertising device in place within a scenic area four months after the property rights for such area have been ac- quired which is in violation of sections 173.01 to 173.11 or any regulation issued or adopted thereunder, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, illegal and noncon- forming and may be abated in the manner prescribed by law for the abatement of public nuisances, or cne commissioner may enter upon the land and remove the sign. [1965c828s9; Ex1967c9s10] 173.10 CONFT 'CTING PROVISIONS. Nothing in sections 173.01 to 17311 shall be constri to abrogate or affect the provisions of any other law, mu- nicipal ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising devices than are the provisions of such sections or of the regula- tions adopted hereunder. [1965c828s10] 173.11 VIOLATIONS, PENAL'uJ S. Any person who is convicted of vio- lating any provision of sections 173.01 to 173.11, or of violating any regulation issued or adopted thereunder after receiving notice thereof, is guilty of a mis- demeanor. [1965c828s11] 173.12 APPLICATION. Sections ' 173.01 and 173.02 and sections 173.13 to 173.24 shall apply to adjacent areas on interstate or primary highways. [1965 c 828 s 12; 1971 c 883 s 7] 173.13 DEVICES ALONG INTERSTATE HIGNWAYS. Subdivision 1. No advertising device shall be erected or maintained in any adjacent area without a permit therefor being first obtained from the commissioner, except that permit systems of legitimate local zoning authorities shall take precedence inside a business area. Subd. 2. The commissioner of highways may adopt, modify, amend, or repeal regulations governing the. issuance of permits or renewals therefor for the erection and maintenance of advertising devices adjacent to the interstate and primary system of highways, provided that such regulations shall not be more restrictive than the provisions of sections 173.13 to 173.24. Subd. 3. No size limitation shall apply to any advertising device otherwise legally in place on June 8, 1971. Subd. 4. The annual fee for each such permit or renewal thereof shall he as follows (1) 1f the advertising area of the advertising device does not exceed 50 square feet, the fee shall be $5. (2) If the advertising area exceeds 50 square feet but does not exceed 300 square feet, the fee shall be $10. (3) If the advertising area exceeds 300 square feet, the fee shall be $20. (4) No fee shall be charged for a permit for directional and other official signs and notices as they are defined in section 173.02. Subd. 5. The provisions of this section shall be effective on July 1, 1971, and the provisions relating to permits and fees shall apply to then legally existing devices as well as devices that may be erected and maintained thereafter. Subd. 6. Permits shall expire on the last day of June of each year. They may be renewed upon payment of the annual fee and filing of a renewal applica- tion form to be provided by the commissioner, but without the filing of a new permit application. There shall be proration of the fee for the year in which the permit is first obtained, and the portion of any fees for a permit on any adver- tising device paid under chapter 173, allocable to the period July 1, 1971, through December 31, 1971, shall be deemed to have been paid upon and shall apply to payment of the fees required by Laws 1971, Chapter 883 or refunded. There shall be no additional fee or permit required for .change in advertising copy. Subd. 7. A penalty of $2 shall be charged upon failure to pay the annual permit fee for renewal on or before August 1 of each year. Subd. 8. There shall be submitted, together with the fee for the annual re- 203