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WA Rev Code § 47.36.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.100 - Directional, caution, and stop signs.

RCW 47.36.100 Directional, caution, and stop signs.Directional signs showing distance and direction to points of importance may be placed at all crossings and intersections of primary and secondary state highways. The department may place such directional signs as it deems necessary upon any city streets designated by it as forming a part of the route of any primary or secondary state highway through any incorporated city or town. Caution and warning signs or signals shall be placed wherever practicable on all primary and secondary state highways in a manner provided by law. Stop signs shall be placed, erected, and maintained by the department as follows: Upon all county roads at the point of intersection with any arterial primary or secondary state highway; upon all primary and secondary state highways at the point of intersection with any county road that has been designated by the department as an arterial having preference over the traffic on the state highway; and upon at least one state highway at the intersection of two state highways.[ 1984 c 7 § 198; 1967 ex.s. c 145 § 38; 1961 c 13 § 47.36.100. Prior: 1947 c 206 § 1; 1937 c 53 § 56; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6400-56.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.110 - Stop signs, "Yield" signs—Duties of persons using highway.

RCW 47.36.110 Stop signs, "Yield" signs—Duties of persons using highway.In order to provide safety at intersections on the state highway system, the department may require persons traveling upon any portion of such highway to stop before entering the intersection, except as provided in RCW 46.61.190. For this purpose there may be erected a standard stop sign as prescribed in the state department of transportation's "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways." All persons traveling upon the highway shall come to a complete stop at such a sign, except as provided in RCW 46.61.190, and the appearance of any sign so located is sufficient warning to a person that he or she is required to stop. A person stopping at such a sign shall proceed through that portion of the highway in a careful manner and at a reasonable rate of speed not to exceed twenty miles per hour. It is unlawful to fail to comply with the directions of any such stop sign, except as provided in RCW 46.61.190. When the findings of a traffic engineering study show that the condition of an intersection is such that vehicles may safely enter the major artery without stopping, the department or local authorities in their respective jurisdictions shall install and maintain a "Yield" sign.[ 2020 c 66 § 5; 2010 c 8 § 10013; 1984 c 7 § 199; 1963 ex.s. c 3 § 49; 1961 c 13 § 47.36.110. Prior: 1955 c 146 § 6; 1937 c 53 § 59; RRS § 6400-59.]NOTES:Effective date—2020 c 66: See note following RCW 46.61.050.Arterial highways designated—Stopping on entering: RCW 46.61.195.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.120 - City limit signs.

RCW 47.36.120 City limit signs.The department shall erect wherever it deems necessary upon state highways at or near their point of entrance into cities and towns, signs of the standard design designating the city or town limits of the cities or towns.[ 1984 c 7 § 200; 1961 c 13 § 47.36.120. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 58; RRS § 6400-58.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.130 - Meddling with signs prohibited.

RCW 47.36.130 Meddling with signs prohibited.No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any official traffic control signal, traffic device or railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part thereof.[ 1961 c 13 § 47.36.130. Prior: 1937 c 53 § 53; RRS § 6400-53.]NOTES:Defacing, injuring, or destroying signs: RCW 46.61.080.Imitation of signs: RCW 46.61.075.Structures concealing signs prohibited: RCW 46.61.075.Unlawful erection of traffic devices: RCW 46.61.075.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.141 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.141 - Bus shelters—Advertising.

RCW 47.36.141 Bus shelters—Advertising.(1) Local transit authority bus shelters within the right-of-way of the state highway system may display and maintain commercial advertisements subject to applicable federal regulations, if any. Pursuant to RCW 47.12.120, the department may lease state right-of-way air space to local transit authorities for this purpose, unless there are significant safety concerns regarding the placement of certain advertisements.(2) Advertisements posted on a local transit authority's bus shelter may not exceed twenty-four square feet on each side of the panel. Panels may not be placed on the roof of the shelter or on the forward side of the shelter facing oncoming traffic.[ 2003 c 198 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.180 - Forbidden devices—Penalty.

RCW 47.36.180 Forbidden devices—Penalty.(1) It is unlawful to erect or maintain at or near a city street, county road, or state highway any structure, sign, or device:(a) Visible from a city street, county road, or state highway and simulating any directional, warning, or danger sign or light likely to be mistaken for such a sign or bearing any such words as "danger," "stop," "slow," "turn," or similar words, figures, or directions likely to be construed as giving warning to traffic;(b) Visible from a city street, county road, or state highway and displaying any red, green, blue, or yellow light or intermittent or blinking light or rotating light identical or similar in size, shape, and color to that used on any emergency vehicle or road equipment or any light otherwise likely to be mistaken for a warning, danger, directional, or traffic control signal or sign;(c) Visible from a city street, county road, or state highway and displaying any lights tending to blind persons operating vehicles upon the highway, city street, or county road, or any glaring light, or any light likely to be mistaken for a vehicle upon the highway or otherwise to be so mistaken as to constitute a danger; or(d) Visible from a city street, county road, or state highway and flooding or intending to flood or directed across the roadway of the highway with a directed beam or diffused light, whether or not the flood light is shielded against directing its flood beam toward approaching traffic on the highway, city street, or county road.(2) Any structure or device erected or maintained contrary to the provisions of this section is a public nuisance, and the department, the chief of the Washington state patrol, the county sheriff, or the chief of police of any city or town shall notify the owner thereof that it constitutes a public nuisance and must be removed, and if the owner fails to do so, the department, the chief of the Washington state patrol, the county sheriff, or the chief of police of any city or town may abate the nuisance.(3) If the owner fails to remove any structure or device within fifteen days after being notified to remove the structure or device as provided in this section, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 2003 c 53 § 257; 1984 c 7 § 201; 1961 c 13 § 47.36.180. Prior: 1957 c 204 § 1; 1937 c 53 § 62; RRS § 6400-62.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.200 - Signs or flaggers at thoroughfare work sites—Penalty.

RCW 47.36.200 Signs or flaggers at thoroughfare work sites—Penalty.(1) When construction, repair, or maintenance work is conducted on or adjacent to a public highway, county road, street, bridge, or other thoroughfare commonly traveled and when the work interferes with the normal and established mode of travel on the highway, county road, street, bridge, or thoroughfare, the location shall be properly posted by prominently displayed signs or flaggers or both. Signs used for posting in such an area shall be consistent with the provisions found in the state of Washington "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" obtainable from the department of transportation.(2) If the construction, repair, or maintenance work includes or uses grooved pavement, abrupt lane edges, steel plates, or gravel or earth surfaces, the construction, repair, or maintenance zone must be posted with signs stating the condition, as required by current law, and in addition, must warn motorcyclists of the potential hazard only if the hazard or condition exists on a paved public highway, county road, street, bridge, or other thoroughfare commonly traveled. For the purposes of this subsection, the department shall adopt by rule a uniform sign or signs for this purpose, including at least the following language, "MOTORCYCLES USE EXTREME CAUTION."(3) Any contractor, firm, corporation, political subdivision, or other agency performing such work shall comply with this section.(4) Each driver of a motor vehicle used in connection with such construction, repair, or maintenance work shall obey traffic signs posted for, and flaggers stationed at such location in the same manner and under the same restrictions as is required for the driver of any other vehicle.(5) A violation of or a failure to comply with this section is a misdemeanor. Each day upon which there is a violation, or there is a failure to comply, constitutes a separate violation.[ 2010 c 8 § 10014; 2006 c 331 § 1. Prior: 2003 c 355 § 1; 2003 c 53 § 258; 1984 c 7 § 202; 1961 c 13 § 47.36.200; prior: 1957 c 95 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2003 c 355: "This act takes effect January 1, 2004." [ 2003 c 355 § 3.]Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.250 - Dangerous road conditions requiring special tires, chains, or traction equipment—Signs or devices—Penalty.

RCW 47.36.250 Dangerous road conditions requiring special tires, chains, or traction equipment—Signs or devices—Penalty.(1) If the department or its delegate determines at any time for any part of the public highway system that the unsafe conditions of the roadway require particular tires, tire chains, or traction equipment in addition to or beyond the ordinary pneumatic rubber tires, the department may establish the following recommendations or requirements with respect to the use of such equipment for all persons using such public highway:(a) Traction advisory - oversize vehicles prohibited.(b) Traction advisory - oversize vehicles prohibited. Vehicles over 10,000 GVW - chains required.(c) Traction advisory - oversize vehicles prohibited. All vehicles - chains required, except all wheel drive.(2) Any equipment that may be required by this section shall be approved by the state patrol as authorized under RCW 46.37.420.(3) The department shall place and maintain signs and other traffic control devices on the public highways that indicate the tire, tire chain, or traction equipment recommendation or requirement determined under this section. Such signs or traffic control devices shall in no event prohibit the use of studded tires from November 1st to April 1st, but when the department determines that chains are required and that no other traction equipment will suffice, the requirement is applicable to all types of tires including studded tires. The Washington state patrol or the department may specify different recommendations or requirements for four wheel drive vehicles in gear.(4) Failure to obey a requirement indicated under this section is a traffic infraction under chapter 46.63 RCW subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars including all statutory assessments.[ 2003 c 356 § 1; 2003 c 53 § 259; 1987 c 330 § 747; 1984 c 7 § 203; 1975 1st ex.s. c 255 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 7 § 2.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2003 c 53 § 259 and by 2003 c 356 § 1, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.Construction—Application of rules—Severability—1987 c 330: See notes following RCW 28B.12.050.Restrictions as to tire equipment, metal studs: RCW 46.37.420.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.260 - Signs indicating proper lane usage.

RCW 47.36.260 Signs indicating proper lane usage.The department shall erect signs on multilane highways indicating proper lane usage.[ 1986 c 93 § 6.]NOTES:Keep right except when passing, etc: RCW 46.61.100.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.270 - Regional shopping center directional signs.

RCW 47.36.270 Regional shopping center directional signs.Regional shopping center directional signs shall be erected and maintained on state highway right-of-way if they meet each of the following criteria:(1) There shall be at least five hundred thousand square feet of retail floor space available for lease at the regional shopping center;(2) The regional shopping center shall contain at least three major department stores that are owned by a national or regional retail chain organization;(3) The shopping center shall be located within one mile of the roadway;(4) The center shall generate at least nine thousand daily one-way vehicle trips to the center;(5) There is sufficient space available for installation of the directional sign as specified in the Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices;(6) Supplemental follow-through directional signing is required at key decision points to direct motorists to the shopping center if it is not clearly visible from the point of exit from the main traveled way.The department shall collect from the regional shopping center a reasonable fee based upon the cost of erection and maintenance of the directional sign.[ 1987 c 469 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.280 - Pavement marking standards.

RCW 47.36.280 Pavement marking standards.The department of transportation shall, by January 1, 1992, adopt minimum pavement marking standards for the area designating the limits of the vehicle driving lane along the right edge for arterials that do not have curbs or sidewalks and are inside urbanized areas. In preparing the standards, the department of transportation shall take into consideration all types of pavement markings, including flat, raised, and recessed markings, and their effect on pedestrians, bicycle, and motor vehicle safety.The standards shall provide that a jurisdiction shall conform to these requirements, at such time thereafter that it undertakes to (1) renew or install permanent markings on the existing or new roadway, and (2) remove existing nonconforming raised pavement markers at the time the jurisdiction prepares to resurface the roadway, or earlier, at its option. These standards shall be in effect, as provided in this section, unless the legislative authority of the local governmental body finds that special circumstances exist affecting vehicle and pedestrian safety that warrant a variance to the standard.For the purposes of this section, "urbanized area" means an area designated as such by the United States bureau of census and having a population of more than fifty thousand. Other jurisdictions that install pavement marking material on the right edge of the roadway shall do so in a manner not in conflict with the minimum state standard.[ 1991 c 214 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.290 - State park directional signs.

RCW 47.36.290 State park directional signs.Directional signs for state parks within fifteen miles of an interstate highway shall be erected and maintained on the interstate highway by the department despite the existence of additional directional signs on primary or scenic system highways in closer proximity to such state parks.[ 1985 c 376 § 7. Formerly RCW 47.42.160.]NOTES:Legislative intent—1985 c 376: See note following RCW 47.42.020.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.300 - Supplemental directional signs—Erection by local governments.

RCW 47.36.300 Supplemental directional signs—Erection by local governments.(1) The legislative authority of any county, city, or town may erect, or permit the erection of, supplemental directional signs directing motorists to motorist service businesses qualified for motorist information sign panels pursuant to RCW 47.36.310 or 47.36.320 in any location on, or adjacent to, the right-of-way of any roads or streets within their jurisdiction.(2) Appropriate fees may be charged to cover the cost of issuing permits, installation, or maintenance of such signs.(3) Supplemental signs and their locations shall comply with all applicable provisions of this chapter, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and such rules as may be adopted by the department.[ 1999 c 201 § 2; 1986 c 114 § 3. Formerly RCW 47.42.052.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.310 - Motorist information signs—Interstate highways—Contents, placement, fees.

RCW 47.36.310 Motorist information signs—Interstate highways—Contents, placement, fees.The department is authorized to erect and maintain motorist information sign panels within the right-of-way of the interstate highway system to give the traveling public specific information as to gas, food, lodging, camping, or tourist-oriented business available on a crossroad at or near an interchange. Motorist information sign panels shall include the words "GAS," "FOOD," "LODGING," "CAMPING," or "TOURIST ACTIVITIES" and the letters "RV" next to a gas, food, lodging, camping, or tourist activity sign if the business or destination accommodates recreational vehicles, and directional information. Directional information may contain one or more individual business signs maintained on the panel. The "RV" logo for businesses or destinations that accommodate recreational vehicles shall be placed in the lower right corner of the gas, food, lodging, camping, or tourist activity sign and shall be in the form of a small yellow circle with the letters "RV" in black. In managing the number of individual business signs to be displayed, the department must ensure the use of available space on a panel is maximized. Motorist information sign panels are authorized within the corporate limits of cities and towns and areas zoned for commercial or industrial uses at locations where there is adequate distance between interchanges to ensure compliance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. The erection and maintenance of motorist information sign panels shall also conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and rules adopted by the state department of transportation. A motorist service or tourist-oriented business located within one mile of an interstate highway shall not be permitted to display its name, brand, or trademark on a motorist information sign panel unless its owner has first entered into an agreement with the department limiting the height of its on-premise [on-premises] signs at the site of its service installation to not more than fifteen feet higher than the roof of its main building measured to the bottom of the on-premise [on-premises] sign. The restriction for on-premise [on-premises] signs does not apply if the sign is not visible from the highway. The department may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the height restriction when an on-premise [on-premises] sign is visible from the rural interstate system. The department shall charge sufficient fees for the display of individual business signs to recover the costs of their installation and maintenance, and shall charge sufficient fees to recover costs for the erection and maintenance of the motorist information sign panels.[ 2005 c 407 § 1; 1999 c 201 § 3; 1987 c 469 § 3; 1986 c 114 § 1; 1985 c 142 § 1; 1984 c 7 § 223; 1974 ex.s. c 80 § 2. Formerly RCW 47.42.046.]
WA Rev Code § 47.36.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.330 - Motorist information signs—Maximum number and distance.

RCW 47.36.330 Motorist information signs—Maximum number and distance.(1) Not more than six business signs may be permitted on motorist information sign panels authorized by RCW 47.36.310 and 47.36.320.(2) The maximum distance that eligible service facilities may be located on either side of an interchange or intersection to qualify for a business sign are as follows:(a) On interstate highways, gas, food, or lodging activities shall be located within three miles. Camping or tourist-oriented activities shall be within five miles.(b) On noninterstate highways, gas, food, lodging, recreation, or tourist-oriented activities shall be located within five miles.(3)(a) If no eligible services are located within the distance limits prescribed in subsection (2) of this section, the distance limits shall be increased until an eligible service of a type being considered is reached, up to a maximum of fifteen miles.(b) The department may erect and maintain signs on an alternate route that is longer than fifteen miles if it is safer and still provides reasonable and convenient travel to an eligible service.(c) The department may erect and maintain signs on a route up to a maximum of twenty miles if it qualifies as an eligible service and is within a distressed area as defined in RCW 43.168.020.[ 2005 c 136 § 16; 1999 c 213 § 2; 1999 c 201 § 5; 1985 c 142 § 3. Formerly RCW 47.42.0475.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1999 c 201 § 5 and by 1999 c 213 § 2, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Savings—Effective date—2005 c 136: See notes following RCW 43.168.020.
WA Rev Code § 47.36.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 47 - Public Highways and Transportation|Chapter 47.36 - Traffic Control Devices.|47.36.340 - Motorist information signs—Lodging.

RCW 47.36.340 Motorist information signs—Lodging.To be eligible for placement of a business sign on a motorist information sign panel a lodging activity shall:(1) Be licensed or approved by the department of social and health services or county health authority;(2) Provide adequate sleeping and bathroom accommodations available for rental on a daily basis; and(3) Provide public telephone facilities.[ 1999 c 201 § 6; 1985 c 376 § 8. Formerly RCW 47.42.170.]NOTES:Legislative intent—1985 c 376: See note following RCW 47.42.020.