Minnesota Outdoor Advertising Control Act

The act regulates billboards and other outdoor advertising devices along public highways, limiting where they may be erected — both within and beyond a set distance from the road, and with tighter restrictions near scenic highways, parks, and historic areas. It works chiefly through a permitting system covering new signs, the modernization or relocation of existing ones, and the selective cutting or removal of roadside vegetation, with defined grounds for denial and avenues for administrative appeal and judicial review. It also provides for the removal of nonconforming and illegal signs, including just compensation and condemnation procedures, and addresses notification, enforcement, the effect of zoning changes, and coordination with federal authorities in connection with federal highway aid.

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