A-7.0001 - Act to prohibit commercial advertising along certain thoroughfares

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2. The prohibition on commercial advertising along a public highway referred to in section 1 applies to the following places, even if the speed posted is reduced in those places to less than 70 km/h :
(1)  in interchanges and within a distance of 200 metres before and after the approach nose of an exit ramp or entrance ramp ;
(2)  at intersections and within a distance of 200 metres before and after intersections ;
(3)  in sharp curves and in school zones and within a distance of 100 metres before and after the road or traffic signs or signals erected on either side of the curves and the school zones.
Elsewhere, the prohibition applies only if the advertising displays an animated message or an electronic variable message or if the following minimum distances and maximum dimensions are not complied with :
(1)  within an urbanization perimeter,
(a)  a distance of at least 50 metres from any road or traffic sign and a distance of more than 100 metres from any other advertising measuring less than 40 square metres and more than 200 metres from any other advertising measuring 40 square metres or more ;
(b)  a distance of more than 15 metres from the edge of the roadway and dimensions of no more than 20 square metres if the advertising is at a distance of less than 30 metres from the edge of the roadway or dimensions of no more than 65 square metres if the advertising is 30 metres or more from the edge of the roadway ;
(2)  outside an urbanization perimeter, the minimum distances and maximum dimensions prescribed by the Roadside Advertising Act (chapter P‐44) and any regulation thereunder.
2000, c. 58, s. 2; 2002, c. 44, s. 2.
2. The prohibition on commercial advertising along a public highway referred to in section 1 applies to the following places even if the speed posted is less than 70 km/h :
(1)  in interchanges and within a distance of 200 metres before and after the approach nose of an exit ramp or entrance ramp ;
(2)  at intersections and within a distance of 200 metres before and after intersections ;
(3)  in sharp curves and in school zones and within a distance of 100 metres before and after the road or traffic signs or signals erected on either side of the curves and the school zones.
Elsewhere, the prohibition applies only if the advertising displays an animated message or an electronic variable message or if the following minimum distances and maximum dimensions are not complied with :
(1)  within an urbanization perimeter,
(a)  a distance of at least 50 metres from any road or traffic sign and a distance of more than 100 metres from any other advertising measuring less than 40 square metres and more than 200 metres from any other advertising measuring 40 square metres or more ;
(b)  a distance of more than 15 metres from the edge of the roadway and dimensions of no more than 20 square metres if the advertising is at a distance of less than 30 metres from the edge of the roadway or dimensions of no more than 65 square metres if the advertising is 30 metres or more from the edge of the roadway ;
(2)  outside an urbanization perimeter, the minimum distances and maximum dimensions prescribed by the Roadside Advertising Act (chapter P‐44) and any regulation thereunder.
2000, c. 58, s. 2.