§ 88. Control of outdoor advertising. 1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection:\n (a) "Interstate highway system" means that portion of the national\nsystem of interstate and defense highways located within this state, as\nofficially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the\ncommissioner of transportation, and approved by the secretary of\ncommerce or the secretary of transportation of the United States\npursuant to the provisions of title twenty-three of the United States\ncode, as amended.\n (b) "Primary highway system" means that portion of connected main\nhighways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so\ndesignated, by the commissioner of transportation, and approved by the\nsecretary of commerce or the secretary of transportation of the United\nStates pursuant to the provisions of title twenty-three of the United\nStates code, as amended.\n (c) "Safety rest area" means an area or site established and\nmaintained within or adjacent to the highway right of way by or under\npublic supervision or control, for the convenience of the travelling\npublic.\n (d) "Information center" means an area or site established and\nmaintained at a roadside rest area for the purpose of informing the\npublic of places of interest within the state and providing such other\ninformation as the commissioner of transportation may consider\ndesirable.\n 2. The commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized and\ndirected to immediately implement the following program for the\neffective control of the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising\nsigns, displays and devices within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest\nedge of the right of way and visible from the main traveled way of the\ninterstate and primary highway systems and, notwithstanding the\nprovisions of subdivisions seven, eleven, and twelve of this section,\nfor the effective control of the erection and maintenance along the\ninterstate and primary highway systems of those additional outdoor\nadvertising signs, displays and devices which are more than six hundred\nand sixty feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way located outside\nof urban areas, as defined by federal statute, rule or regulation for\nthe purposes of section one hundred thirty-one of title twenty-three of\nthe United States code, visible from the main traveled way of the\ninterstate and primary highway systems and erected with the purpose of\ntheir message being read from such main traveled way. Effective control\nmeans that such signs, displays and devices shall, pursuant to such\nprogram, be limited to (a) directional and other official signs and\nnotices which are required or authorized by law and which shall conform\nto the national standards promulgated by the secretary of transportation\nof the United States pursuant to section one hundred thirty-one of title\ntwenty-three of the United States code, as amended, (b) signs, displays\nand devices advertising the sale or lease of property upon which they\nare located, (c) signs, displays and devices advertising activities\nconducted on the property on which they are located, (d) signs, displays\nand devices located in areas within six hundred sixty feet of the\nnearest edge of the right of way which are zoned industrial or\ncommercial under authority of state law and which are permitted or\nauthorized pursuant to this section or the agreement ratified and\napproved by this section, (e) signs, displays and devices which are\npermitted or authorized pursuant to this section or the agreement\nratified and approved by this section and are located in unzoned\ncommercial or industrial areas within six hundred sixty feet of the\nnearest edge of the right of way which areas shall be determined from\nactual land uses in conformance with the agreement ratified and approved\nby this section, (f) signs lawfully in existence on October\ntwenty-second, nineteen hundred sixty-five, determined by the\ncommissioner with the approval of th
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