§ 24-10-103 — Definitions

Wyoming § 24-10-103

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 24: Highways
• Ch. 10: OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

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(a) Except as otherwise provided, as used in this act:
(i) "Interstate system" means that portion of the
national system of interstate and defense highways located
within this state, as officially designated, or as may hereafter
be so designated by the commission and approved by the secretary
of transportation pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, "Highways";
(ii) "Primary system" means that portion of connected
main highways, as officially designated or as may hereafter be
so designated by the commission and approved by the secretary of
transportation pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, "Highways";
(iii) "Outdoor advertising" means any outdoor sign,
display, light, device, figure, painting, drawing, message,
plaque, poster, billboard, or other thing which is designed,
intended or used to advertise or inform and which is visible
from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate or
primary systems;
(iv) "Commission" means the transportation commission
of Wyoming;
(v) "Safety rest area" means an area or site
established and maintained within or adjacent to the
right-of-way by or under public supervision or control, for the
convenience of the traveling public;
(vi) "Information center" means an area or site
established and maintained at safety rest areas for the purpose
of informing the public of places of interest within the state
and providing such other information as the commission may
consider desirable;
(vii) "Visible" means capable of being seen, whether
or not legible, without visual aid by a person of normal visual
acuity;
(viii) "Commercial or industrial zone" means those
areas which are reserved for business, commerce, or trade
pursuant to comprehensive local zoning ordinances or regulation,
or enabling state legislation, including highway service areas
in which the primary use of the land is reserved for commercial
and roadside services other than outdoor advertising;
(ix) "Unzoned commercial or industrial area" means
those areas not zoned by state or local law, regulation or
ordinance which are occupied by one (1) or more industrial or
commercial activities other than outdoor advertising signs on
the lands along the highways for a distance of six hundred (600)
feet immediately adjacent to the activities, and those lands
directly opposite on the other side of the highway to the extent
of the same dimensions; provided, those lands on the opposite
side of the highway are not deemed scenic or having aesthetic
value;
(x) "Commercial or industrial activities" mean for
purposes of paragraph (viii) those activities generally
recognized as commercial or industrial by zoning authorities in
this state, except that none of the following activities shall
be considered commercial or industrial:
(A) Agricultural, forestry, grazing, farming,
and related activities including wayside fresh produce stands;
(B) Transient or temporary activities;
(C) Activities not visible from the
main-traveled way;
(D) Activities conducted in a building
principally used as a residence;
(E) Railroad tracks and minor sidings.
(b) All signs located within an unzoned area shall become
nonconforming if the commercial or industrial activity used in
defining the area ceases for a period of six (6) months.