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Dwy 37 - MIN'*SOTA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS unzoned business area the maximum arca of a sign face shall not exceed seven hundred fifty (750) square feet including border and trim, but exclud- ing base and apron supports and other structural members. Maximum size limitation shall apply to each side of a sign structure and signs may be placed back to back, side by side or in a V-type construction but not more than two (2) displays to each side of a sign structure. (4) Sign structure. In all areas signs erected back to back, side by side, or in a V-type construction by one owner shall be deemed to be one sign structure and will he required to have only one permit. The largest advertis- ing area on either side of the sign structure shall be the square foot measure- ment applicable to the permit fee schedule. Each side of a sign structure so designed shall be directed toward a different direction of travel, making it impractical to simultaneously view both sides of the structure from any one traffic lane. (5) Sign area. In all areas, all signs shall be measured by the smallest square rectangle, triangle, circle or combination thereto, which will encom- pass the entire sign. (6) Maintenance of advertising devices which can only be serviced from the right-of-way of the interstate system of highways or controlled freeways is prohibited, except such devices may be serviced from frontage or service roads where they occur. (7) Advertising devices with copy, message or displays using words, color, statements or illustrations which might imply official direction or con- trol of traffic arc prohibited. (8) For the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 173.02, Subdivi- sion 14, "Unzoned commercial or industrial areas", all measurements shall be from the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, storage or processing, and landscaped 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. (9) The Commissioner shall establish scenic areas along the primary or interstate system of highways pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 173.04 and Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 15. (10) For the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 173.02, Subdivi- sion 14, the unzoned commercial or industrial activity will be an activity which is in an area that would be generally recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities within the state, and such activity without discrimination, except as to age, serves the general public, during normally accepted business hours and on a regularly scheduled basis of not less than one hundred fifty (150) days of continuous operation, during a state annual permit period. (11) For the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 173.02, Subdivi- sion 9, a business area shall not be recognized when the land on which the activity is conducted is operating on a grandfather clause, special use, variance or temporary permit. (12) For the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, Section 173.02, Subdivi- sion 9, if a business area is rezoned or ceases to meet the requirements of the law, these regulations or any other authority, such business area shall cease 32