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certain connector highways where it is necessary to establish | | continuity for logo signs erected on the Maine Turnpike. A logo | sign may include only logos for gas, food, lodging and | | attractions. Applications from at least 3 qualified businesses | | must be approved before installation of a logo sign panel at an | | exit. Logos for 2 or more types of service may be displayed on the | | same sign panel. More than one logo sign panel may be installed at | | an exit only when 3 or more qualified businesses are available for | | each of 2 or more types of service. The number of logo sign panels | | at an exit may not exceed one for each type of service or a total | of 4 | | must regulate the size, shape, manner and location of logo signs | | and must describe the procedure for applying to the department for | | permission to erect a logo sign and the criteria used by the | | department to select among applicants. The commissioner shall | establish an initial fee | logo sign and anfee | Fees charged must approximate direct costs. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§11-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 195, | | §1, is further amended to read: |
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| | | B. The display on each side of a changeable sign: |
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| | | (1) May be changed no more than once every 20 minutes, | | unless the municipality in which the sign is located | | adopts an ordinance to the contrary and notifies the | | Department of Transportation in writing of that | | ordinance.__If a municipal ordinance is adopted, the | | municipality is responsible for the administration of | | that ordinance; |
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| | | (2) Must change as rapidly as technologically | | practicable, with no phasing, rolling, scrolling, | | flashing or blending, unless the municipality in which | | the sign is located adopts an ordinance to the contrary | | and notifies the Department of Transportation in | | writing of that ordinance. If a municipal ordinance is | | adopted, the municipality is responsible for the | | administration of that ordinance. Notwithstanding this | | subparagraph, a municipality may not adopt an ordinance | | that allows the sign to flash; and |
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| | | (3) May consist only of alphabetic or numeric text on | | a plain background and may not include any graphic, | | pictorial or photographic images. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2054, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 2005, c. 314, | | §12, is further amended to read: |
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