An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1053
Committee Amendment CA_A_H350 (House)
Amends: 23 MRSA §1914

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 771, L.D. 1053, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Laws Governing the Placement of an On-premises Sign" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 1981, c. 318, 
§4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
3. Location. An on-premises sign must be located within 1,000 feet of the location 
of the business, facility or point of interest. An on-premises sign must be located on land 
owned by the entity owning the business, facility or point of interest that is contiguous to 
the location of the business, facility or point of interest. The on-premises sign may not be 
separated from the location of the business, facility or point of interest by a public way. 
The location of a business, facility or point of interest includes the buildings, parking lots, 
storage and processing areas and other structures or features that are essential and 
customary to the conduct of the business, facility or point of interest but does not include 
driveways, fences or similar features. 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1914, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 1981, c. 318, 
§4, is amended to read: 
5. Interstate highways. Not more than one OR premise on-premises sign, advertising 
the sale or lease of the property, may be permitted on land adjacent to any portion of the 
interstate system, including ramps and interchange areas, whleb that is visible therefrom 
from the interstate. 
Not more than one OR premise on-premises sign visible from any portion of the interstate 
system~ including ramps and interchange areas, may be permitted more than 50 feet from 
the principal bl:lildiRg or stmcffire .. "here location of the business, facility or point of 
interest is carried OR. 
No OR premise An on-premises 
advertisement, located more than 50 feet from the 
priRcipal bl:lildiRg or strl:lctl:ire '""here location of the business, facility or point of interest 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A, to H.P. 771, L.D. 1053 
advertised is carried on, may not exceed 20 feet in lenght length, width or height or 150 
square feet in area, including border and trim, but excluding supports. 
Any on premise on-premises sign located more than 50 feet from the principal structure 
wftere location of the business, facility or point of interest is carried on that displays any 
trade name wI:Hefi that refers to or identifies any service rendered or product sold sfl.all 
must display the name of the advertised business, facility or point of interest as 
conspicuously as SHeh the trade name. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation, replaces the biII but preserves the essential purpose of the bill to allow 
on-premises signs at locations beyond 1,000 feet of the principal building where a 
business, facility or point of interest is carried on or practiced. 
The amendment provides that on-premises signs must be located within 1,000 feet of 
the location of the business, facility or point of interest. The location of the business, 
facility or point of interest includes the buildings, parking lots, storage and processing 
areas or other structures or features that are essential and customary to the conduct of the 
business, facility or point of interest but does not include driveways, fences or similar 
features. 
The amendment also provides that current restrictions regarding on-premises signs 
located adjacent to the interstate system are based on whether the sign is located within or 
beyond 50 feet of the location of the business, facility or point of interest rather than 
within or beyond 50 feet of the principal structure of the business, facility or point of 
interest. 
Under the amendment, all on-premises signs must be located on land that is owned by 
the entity owning the business, facility or point of interest and contiguous to the location 
of the business, facility or point of interest. An on-premises sign may not be separated 
from the location of the business, facility or point of interest by a public way. 
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