NAC410.340. Sign construction: Minimum spacing requirements. [Effective on such date as the Department of Transportation of the State of Nevada and the Secretary of Transportation enter into an agreement by which the State of Nevada may regulate the areas outside of urbanized area boundaries for the purpose of enforcing the Highway Beautification Act (23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).]

     1. On interstate and federal-aid primary highways, signs must not be located in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise physically interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic sign, signal or device, or obstruct or physically interfere with the driver’s view of approaching, merging or intersecting traffic.

     2. For signs along interstate highways and controlled-access freeways:

     (a) No two structures may be spaced less than 500 feet apart.

     (b) Outside of urbanized area boundaries, no structure may be located adjacent to or within 500 feet of an interchange, intersection at grade or safety rest area. The 500 feet must be measured along the interstate or freeway from the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way. As used in this paragraph, “urbanized area boundaries” has the meaning ascribed to it in 23 U.S.C. § 101(a).

     3. For signs along nonfreeway primary highways:

     (a) Outside of incorporated villages and cities, including the area within unincorporated towns and villages, no two structures may be spaced less than 300 feet apart.

     (b) Within incorporated villages and cities, no two structures may be spaced less than 100 feet apart.

     4. For signs along all controlled routes, the provisions of this section do not apply to structures separated by buildings or other obstructions situated in a manner so that only one sign located within the spacing distances described in this section is visible from the highway at any one time, in both directions of travel.

     [Dep’t of Highways, Outdoor Advertising Control Manual pp. 9 & 10, eff. 1-28-77]—(NAC A by Dep’t of Transportation by R058-97, 12-11-98; R058-97, 12-11-98, effective on such date as the Department of Transportation of the State of Nevada and the Secretary of Transportation enter into an agreement by which the State of Nevada may regulate the areas outside of urbanized area boundaries for the purpose of enforcing the Highway Beautification Act (23 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.))