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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 2 - Logo Signs › 17 AAC 60.115 - Logo sign placement limitations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A logo sign may
				be placed along the following segments of freeway or expressway:
(1) Glenn Highway from Muldoon interchange to
				Parks Highway intersection;
(2)
				Richardson Highway from Mitchell Expressway to Eielson Air Force Base
				Gate;
(3) Mitchell Expressway from
				Richardson Highway interchange to Geist/Parks Highway interchange;
(4) Steese Expressway from Johansen
				Expressway to Haglebarger intersection;
(5) Egan Drive from Mendenhall Loop to
				Glacier Highway intersection at 2.5 mile Egan Drive.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 2 - Logo Signs › 17 AAC 60.120 - Logo panels

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will install and maintain
				a logo panel needed along a freeway or expressway listed in
				17 AAC 60.115(a).
				The department will install the panel as soon as weather conditions allow for
				successful installation.
(b) A logo
				sign permit holder who holds a logo sign permit for a logo to be located along
				a highway described in
				17 AAC 60.115(b)
				shall arrange, at the holder's expense, for a sign contractor to manufacture,
				install, and maintain a logo panel for the logo if space on an existing logo
				panel is not available. If two or more holders share a logo panel, they shall
				share the expense of maintaining the logo panel.
(c) A logo sign location may accommodate up
				to four logo panels. Two logo panels at a location may not contain logos for
				the same type of specific service activity. Except as provided in (d) of this
				section, a logo panel may accommodate only one type of specific service
				activity logo. Except as provided in (e) of this section, a logo panel must be
				manufactured to accommodate four logos.
(d) A logo panel that is to accommodate four
				logos from one type of specific service activity may be modified to accommodate
				two logos from each of two different types of specific service activity if the
				department determines that during the next five years, the location is unlikely
				to generate more than two approvable logo sign permit requests for each of the
				two specific service types to be combined on the logo panel.
(e) A logo panel that is to be located along
				a highway described in
				17 AAC 60.115(b)
				may be modified to accommodate just two logos from one type of specific service
				activity if the department determines that during the next five years, the
				location is unlikely to generate more than two approvable logo sign permit
				requests for the specific service type to be accommodated on the logo
				panel.
(f) A logo sign permit
				holder who holds a logo sign permit for a logo to be located along a highway
				described in
				17 AAC 60.115(b)
				shall provide an exit ramp sign on the off-ramp as provided in the standards
				set out in the documents described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b).
				The exit ramp sign is covered under the logo sign permit and does not require a
				separate fee.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 3 - Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs › 17 AAC 60.201 - Purpose of RCIA sign program

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of the recreational and cultural interest area
				  (RCIA) sign program is to provide a RCIA with an opportunity to install within
				  the highway right of way a sign that contains the name of the RCIA and directs
				  the traveling public to the RCIA.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 3 - Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs › 17 AAC 60.205 - Recreational and cultural interest areas

Current through May 31, 2024
A recreational and cultural interest area (RCIA) is a
				  location within the state that
(1) is
				accessible by a maintained road;
(2) attracts an average of at least 100
				persons per day during at least four consecutive months; and
(3) is widely noted for its recreational or
				cultural significance; for purposes of this paragraph, locations widely noted
				for their recreational or cultural significance include national parks, state
				parks, sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, libraries,
				community centers, museums, art galleries, race tracks, ski areas, and land
				that is of cultural significance, that is under one ownership, and that has not
				less than 10 continuous miles of frontage upon a state highway; in areas where
				land with more than 10 continuous miles of frontage on a state highway is
				separated from other lands that are in the same ownership, and that qualify for
				signage under this section, entering and exit signs for each separate holding
				may not be installed unless the separate holdings are more than two miles
				apart.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 3 - Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs › 17 AAC 60.210 - RCIA sign permit application procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person who
				operates an RCIA may apply to the department for an RCIA sign permit by
				completing an RCIA sign permit application. The applicant shall submit the
				application to the department representative specified on the application along
				with a non-refundable $100 application fee.
(b) Within 30 days after the department has
				received a correctly completed application submitted under (a) of this section
				and inspected the proposed site for the RCIA sign, the department will review
				the application and send a written decision to the applicant. If the department
				approves an RCIA permit application under
				17 AAC 60.215, the applicant must
				pay a nonrefundable RCIA sign permit fee of $400. However, if the applicant
				currently holds an RCIA sign permit for the sign and is seeking renewal of the
				permit, the nonrefundable RCIA sign permit fee is $300. Upon receipt of the
				permit fee, the department will issue the permit and send it to the
				applicant.
A RCIA sign permit application may be obtained by writing
					 Commissioner, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 3132 Channel
					 Drive, Juneau AK 99801.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 3 - Recreational and Cultural Interest Area Signs › 17 AAC 60.215 - Review of RCIA sign permit applications

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will approve a RCIA sign permit application
				  if
(1) the department determines that
				the applicant operates a RCIA;
(2)
				the applicant's RCIA complies with
				AS
				19.25.105 and this chapter;
(3) the applicant maintains the necessary
				licenses for the RCIA;
(4) the RCIA
				sign may be placed at the proposed location in a manner consistent with the
				standards set out in the documents described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b);
(5) neither the applicant's RCIA nor an
				advertising sign for the RCIA are visible to a motorist traveling the highway
				until the motorist is within 1250 feet of the driveway or intersecting road;
				and
(6) the proposed sign location
				has not been specified as a community services sign location or a tourist
				information kiosk location.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 5 - Tourist Information Kiosks › 17 AAC 60.401 - Purpose of traveler information kiosk

Current through May 31, 2024
The purpose of the traveler information kiosk program is to
				  provide centralized information on businesses, services, or activities located
				  in the vicinity of the traveler information kiosk.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 5 - Tourist Information Kiosks › 17 AAC 60.405 - Traveler information kiosk locations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will designate a location as a traveler information kiosk location if the
				highway rest stop or pullout can reasonably accommodate the traveler
				information kiosk.
(b) Repealed
				3/1/2002.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 5 - Tourist Information Kiosks › 17 AAC 60.410 - Traveler information kiosk application procedure

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A government
				entity, chamber of commerce, convention bureau, visitors bureau, business
				association, or similar organization may apply to the department for a traveler
				information kiosk permit. The applicant shall submit the application to the
				department representative specified on the application along with
(1) a list of the types of traveler-oriented
				activities, RCIAs, and general services that the applicant intends to include
				in the kiosk; and
(2) a
				nonrefundable $100 application fee.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 5 - Tourist Information Kiosks › 17 AAC 60.415 - Review of traveler information kiosk permit applications

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will approve a traveler information kiosk
				  permit application if the
(1)
				department has designated the proposed location as a traveler information kiosk
				location under
				17 AAC 60.405(a);
(2) applicant is a government entity, chamber
				of commerce, convention bureau, visitors bureau, business association, or
				similar organization;
(3) kiosk may
				be placed at the proposed location in a manner consistent with the standards
				set out in the documents described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b);
(4) department determines that the traveler
				information kiosk would benefit the traveling public;
(5) applicant agrees to keep the traveler
				information kiosk and the area identified in the permit free of litter and
				debris; and
(6) applicant agrees to
				other conditions necessary to protect the state's best interests and the
				traveling public.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 5 - Tourist Information Kiosks › 17 AAC 60.420 - Traveler information kiosk permit holder to maximize representation

Current through May 31, 2024
A traveler information kiosk permit holder shall manage the
				  traveler information kiosk to maximize the number of eligible activities
				  associated with the kiosk.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS
					 44.42.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.905 - Manufacture, installation, maintenance, and removal of tourist signs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of a tourist sign permit,
				the permit holder shall arrange, at the holder's expense, for a sign contractor
				to manufacture, install, and maintain the sign as specified in the
				permit.
(b) If an activity
				associated with a tourist sign is closed, or is expected to be closed, for more
				than one month, the permit holder shall arrange, at the holder's expense, for a
				sign contractor to remove the sign, symbol, or logo or to mask the sign,
				symbol, or logo with a plate. The permit holder shall ensure that the sign
				contractor removes the sign, symbol, or logo or installs the plate not later
				than seven days after the date of closure.
(c) If an activity associated with a tourist
				sign closes permanently or no longer meets the conditions under which the sign
				permit was issued, the permit holder shall
(1)
				immediately arrange, at the permit holder's expense, for a sign contractor to
				remove the sign, symbol, or logo not later than seven days after the closure or
				change; and
(2) not later than 14
				days after the closure or change in conditions, send a written notice to the
				department that describes the closure or change.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.910 - Sign contractors

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may not install, maintain, or
				remove a tourist sign unless the person is named on the list of sign
				contractors described in (b) of this section.
(b) The department will maintain a list of
				sign contractors. The list consists of those persons known to the department to
				have experience in working in public rights-of-way with active traffic and
				knowledge of the traffic control requirements necessary for safe operation. The
				department will add a person to the list if the person, in writing,
				demonstrates a reasonable basis for the department to conclude that the person
				has experience in working in public rights-of-way with active traffic and
				knowledge of the traffic control requirements necessary for safe
				operation.
(c) The department will
				notify a person on the list that the department has received information that
				the person has demonstrated an inability to work safely in public rights-of-way
				or has failed to substantially comply with the requirements of this chapter.
				The notice will
(1) specify that the
				department will remove the person from the list if the department determines
				that the information received is accurate; and
(2) provide the person with 30 days to
				respond to the information.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.915 - Designs and specifications for tourist signs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The documents
				described in (b) of this section contain the designs and specifications for the
				placement, manufacture, installation, and maintenance of tourist signs. The
				department will not issue a tourist sign permit unless the sign may be
				installed in a manner consistent with the documents described in (b) of this
				section. A sign contractor shall manufacture, install, and maintain a TQDS to
				meet the designs and specifications contained in the documents described in (b)
				of this section.
(b) The following
				documents are adopted by reference:
(1)
Alaska Sign Design Specifications (ASDS),
Department of
				Transportation and Public Facilities, as revised as of April 25,
				2003;
(2) the
Alaska
				Traffic Manual,
2005, consisting of the
(A)
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
				Devices
described in
				17 AAC 20.950(1) (A); and
(B) department's
Alaska Traffic
				Manual Supplement,
described in
				17 AAC 20.950(1) (B);
(3)
Highway Pre-Construction
				Manual,
Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, revised as
				of March 1, 2001;
(4)
Standard Drawings Manual,
Department of Transportation and
				Public Facilities, February 18, 1997;
(5)
Standard Specifications for
				Highway Construction,
Department of Transportation and Public
				Facilities, revised as of 1998.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.920 - Symbols

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In issuing a TODS permit, RCIA sign
				permit, or community services sign permit for a sign that includes a symbol,
				the department will assign to the application the symbol found in the documents
				described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b)
				that the department determines most accurately conveys the nature of the
				associated activity.
(b) If the
				department determines that no symbol contained in the documents described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b)
				accurately conveys the nature of the associated activity, the department will
				withhold the sign permit and direct the applicant to design, at the applicant's
				expense, an appropriate symbol. The department will direct departmental staff
				to assist the applicant in designing the symbol. The department will assign the
				applicant's resulting symbol to the permit and issue the permit if the
				department determines that the symbol accurately conveys the nature of the
				associated activity and is stylistically similar to the symbols found in the
				documents described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b).
				By accepting the permit, the applicant agrees to allow the department to use
				the symbol for other purposes without compensation.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.925 - Sign permit duration and renewal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A tourist sign
				permit allows the holder named on the permit to arrange for a sign contractor
				to manufacture, install, and maintain the sign as specified on the permit and
				in this chapter until the permit expires. Except as provided in
				17 AAC 60.930, a sign permit
				issued under this chapter expires on December 31 of the fourth year following
				the date the permit was issued.
(b)
				A tourist sign permit holder may renew the permit by following the application
				procedure specified in this chapter for the particular tourist sign. A renewed
				permit expires five years following the date the old permit expired.
(c) A tourist sign permit holder shall
				arrange, at the holder's expense, for a sign contractor to remove the sign
				before the permit expires unless, before the expiration date, the holder
				receives a renewed permit for the sign.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.930 - Permits for existing signs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				will issue a sign permit to a person who, on May 18, 1997, maintained a sign
				acknowledged by the department in a state right-of-way if the sign meets the
				requirements of this chapter. In recognition of the public interest in
				maintaining these existing signs, the department will waive the fee for the
				permit. The permit expires and may be renewed as provided in this chapter. The
				permit holder shall manage the tourist sign as required by this
				chapter.
(b) Subsection (a) of this
				section is repealed January 1, 2002.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.935 - Permit transfer

Current through May 31, 2024
If a person who holds a tourist sign permit transfers the
				  associated activity to another person, the new person shall notify the
				  department in writing within 10 days of the transfer. The department will
				  cancel the original permit and issue, without charge, a permit to the new
				  person if the department determines that the material circumstances of the
				  original permit have not changed. The permit issued under this section expires
				  on the same date that the original permit expires.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.940 - One sign permit per activity

Current through May 31, 2024
An activity may not be associated with more than one sign
				  permit issued under this chapter at a time.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.945 - More restrictive local controls

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will not issue a sign permit if the permit
				  would violate a city or borough ordinance.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.950 - Standards for signs relating to gas, food, lodging, and camping activities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a)
				The department may not issue a sign permit for a gas station unless the gas
				station owner affirms that the gas station will, while the sign is visible to
				the public,
(1) provide fuel, oil, tire air,
				water, restroom facilities, drinking water, and a telephone; and
(2) maintain continuous operation for at
				least 12 hours per day, seven days per week.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.955 - Sign permit issuance and sign relocation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In determining
				whether to issue a permit under this chapter, the department will
(1) not issue a permit if the resulting sign
				would interfere with a departmental regulatory, warning, or directional
				sign;
(2) recognize a priority for
				existing signs over proposed new signs;
(3) recognize a priority among competing
				applications, in the following order, among the listed activities:
(A) gas;
(B) restaurant;
(C) lodging;
(D) camping;
(E) other activities or general
				services;
(F) RCIAs;
(4) require, as a condition of the
				permit, that the permit holder provide trailblazing signs as required under the
				standards set out in the documents described in
				17 AAC 60.915(b);
				the permit holder shall arrange for permission to provide the required
				trailblazing signs along highways not maintained by the state;
(5) waive a fee required under this chapter
				if the person that would be charged the fee is a government entity.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.957 - Two signs per permit

Current through May 31, 2024
A sign permit issued under this chapter allows for two
				  similar signs to be placed along the highway, one from each direction, unless
				  the permit specifies that the condition of the highway only allows for one sign
				  to be placed.
Authority:
AS
					 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS
					 19.25.200
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.960 - Violations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If the department determines that a
				tourist sign permit holder or tourist sign violates
				AS
				19.25.105 or this chapter, the department
				will send a written notice to the permit holder. The notice must describe the
				violation, give the permit holder an opportunity to respond, and provide notice
				of the acceptable remedy.
(b) If
				the department determines under (a) of this section that a violation has
				occurred, then the department will issue an order directing the permit holder
				to arrange, at the holder's expense, for a sign contractor to remove the sign.
				The department will also cancel the permit.
(c) A notice issued under (a) of this section
				must provide the permit holder with at least 20 days from the date of the
				notice to respond to the notice or to remedy the violation.
(d) If a permit holder fails to remedy a
				violation described in the order sent under (b) of this section, the department
				will
(1) remove the sign;
(2) cancel the permit if it has not already
				expired;
(3) bill the permit holder
				for the department's expenses;
(4)
				within 15 days of the date of removal send a written notice of action to the
				permit holder; the notice of action must describe the action and the reason for
				the action; and
(5) return the sign
				to the permit holder not later than 15 days after the permit holder pays the
				department for its expenses as billed under (3) of this subsection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 60 - Highway Signs for the Traveling Public › Article 7 - General Provisions › 17 AAC 60.995 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter
(1)
				"activity" means a tourist-oriented activity, specific service activity, or
				RCIA;
(2) "commissioner" means the
				commissioner of the department;
(3)
				"department" means the Department of Transportation and Public
				Facilities;
(4) "driveway or
				intersecting road" means the road that a motorist takes from a highway with a
				tourist sign to the activity associated with the sign;
(5) "highway rest stop or pullout" has the
				meaning given in
				17 AAC 05.990;
(6) "location" means a 2,500 foot segment of
				highway right-of-way bisected by a driveway or intersecting road;
(7) "logo" means a square design used by a
				specific service activity to distinguish itself from similar specific service
				activities;
(8) "logo panel" means
				a highway sign and posts on which logos may be mounted;
(9) "logo sign" means a logo and a logo panel
				consisting of a sign on which logos for gas, food, lodging, and camping are
				mounted; a logo sign consists of a logo and a logo panel;
(10) "RCIA" means recreational and cultural
				interest area;
(11) "recreational
				and cultural interest area" or "RCIA" has the meaning given the term at
				17 AAC 60.205;
(12) "sign contractor" means a person
				included in the list described in
				17 AAC 60.910(b);
(13) "specific service activity" means a
				commercial activity that offers gas, food, lodging, or camping;
(14) "symbol" means a square icon that
				accurately conveys the nature of its associated service or activity but does
				not reflect the name or a logo for the service or activity;
(15) "TODS" means a tourist-oriented
				directional sign;
(16)
				"tourist-oriented activity" means a motorist service, tourist attraction, or
				business of significant interest to the traveling public; "tourist-oriented
				activity" does not include an RCIA;
(17) "tourist-oriented directional sign" or
				"TODS" means a sign erected in a highway right-of-way for the purpose of
				alerting the traveling public to a nearby tourist-oriented activity;
(18) "tourist sign" means a TODS, logo sign,
				RCIA sign, or traveler information kiosk;
(19) "trailblazing sign" means a sign that
				guides a motorist traveling from a sign regulated under this chapter to the
				activity or RCIA represented on the regulated sign;
(20) "traveler information kiosk" means an
				area in a highway rest stop or pullout with a structure housing traveler
				information about businesses, services, and activities in the local
				area;
(21) "urban portion of an
				organized borough" means a location characterized by one or more of the
				following:
(A) dense residential or commercial
				development;
(B) roads used
				primarily for short local transportation as opposed to long distance through
				traffic;
(C) numerous intersecting
				roads and driveways;
(D) traffic
				signals.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.010 - Purpose of ferry system

Current through May 31, 2024
Vessels of the Alaska Marine Highway System provide scheduled
				  service to and between ports in Alaska for transportation of persons, baggage,
				  vehicles and the contents of such vehicles unless otherwise specifically
				  prohibited. Service performed shall be subject to rates, charges, fares and
				  regulations as shown in the seasonal public information brochures published
				  regularly by the ferry system. The ferry system has been classified by the U.S.
				  Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, as a marine highway. Regulations of the
				  Interstate Commerce Commission, United States Department of Transportation
				  and/or Alaska Transportation Commission are not applicable to the rules, rates
				  and schedules applied to movement of traffic over terminals or aboard vessels
				  of the ferry system.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.020 - Classification of traffic

Current through May 31, 2024
For the purpose of applying rate charges, fares, and
				  regulations, the following classifications will govern:
(1) passengers
(A) persons under six years of age;
(B) persons six years of age through 11 years
				of age;
(C) persons traveling as
				members of a bona fide youth group (age 18 or younger) properly supervised by
				persons who are age 19 or older;
(D) persons 65 years of age or
				older;
(E) persons not covered in
				categories (A) - (D) of this paragraph;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.030 - Scheduling

Current through May 31, 2024
Seasonal schedules covering all ports of operation are issued
				  in published form and are available at all ferry terminals, ferry offices,
				  travel agencies and other public places. Vessel schedules are subject to
				  regular review and alteration, as required by traffic demand and other
				  considerations. Public hearings may be held in areas directly affected by the
				  scheduling at the discretion of the commissioner when such hearings would be in
				  the best interest of the public and/or the ferry system.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.040 - Rates, fares and charges

Current through May 31, 2024
Passenger and vehicle rates are named between all ports
				  served by the ferry system. Rates are also named for berth or stateroom charges
				  on vessels where such service is provided. Rate information is published in the
				  schedule brochures, available at ferry offices, travel agencies and other
				  public places. Passenger fares are given on a per-person basis, pursuant to the
				  classifications of
				  17 AAC 70.020(1).
				  Vehicle rates are generally based on the overall length of vehicle or
				  combination of vehicles, with certain surcharges for long length and extra
				  width added to the regular rate. All rates and charges are subject to frequent
				  review and may be revised at the discretion of the commissioner if such change
				  is deemed to be in the best interest of the general public and the ferry
				  system.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.070 - Regulatory agencies - federal

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The vessels,
				vessel personnel, and all traffic of the ferry system are subject to the
				jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard.
(b) The United States Customs Service and the
				United States Immigration Service retain certain jurisdiction over the
				operations of the vessels of the ferry system that are scheduled from Canadian
				ports. Similar jurisdiction is exercised by Canadian Customs and Canadian
				Immigration Services over vessels scheduled to Canadian ports. The jurisdiction
				of federal agencies of both the United States and Canada applies also to
				passengers, vehicles and crew members of vessels scheduled in such
				service.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.080 - Operation of vessels

Current through May 31, 2024
Vessels will be operated on the published time schedules of
				  the ferry system, except that the operation of the vessel shall be at the sole
				  discretion of the master of the vessel. The master of the vessel may cancel or
				  delay sailing, change course, land passengers at any port, or take any action
				  he may deem necessary to ensure comfort and safety to passengers and/or other
				  traffic aboard his vessel.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.090 - Liability of carrier

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except where it can be shown that the
				ferry system was grossly negligent in carrying out its normal duties, the ferry
				system will not assume any liability whatsoever respecting
(1) articles left in vehicles while waiting
				transit, or in transit;
(2) any
				theft from person or baggage of a passenger or pilferage or theft from any
				vehicle on vessels or terminals of the ferry system;
(3) refusal to transport any person, vehicle,
				corpse, animal, baggage, or other article which, in the opinion of the ferry
				system, might damage, contaminate, or in any way whatsoever cause discomfort to
				traffic being handled on any particular vessel or terminal;
(4) refusal to transport any child under 12
				years of age, unless accompanied by parent or responsible escort; or refusal to
				transport any child from the ages of 12 years to 16 years unless written
				permission and release from liability is given by a parent or responsible
				escort of such child;
(5) quality,
				nature or consequence of any medical or surgical treatment which may be
				administered during transport;
(6)
				loss of time, damage or expense, or inconvenience of any type, due to any
				change in departure or arrival time of vessel, cancellation of any sailing,
				substitution of one vessel for another, failure to complete voyage, delay in
				loading or unloading vessel, landing of any traffic carried at any terminal
				other than normally used or designated, which may be necessitated by
				circumstances and conditions beyond the control of the ferry system;
(7) injury, loss or damage that shall result
				from act of God, public enemy, restraint of rules, quarantine, peril of the
				seas or other waters, latent defect in hull, boilers, propellers, piping,
				shafting, or machinery; or any propelling device, or accident of navigation, or
				for personal injury to passengers, or loss of or damage to passengers' baggage
				or other property;
(8) spoilage or
				loss of any article or produce held in refrigerated vehicles;
(9) notwithstanding that reservations may
				have been made for vehicle space or stateroom accommodation, the ferry system
				will not be liable for any loss resulting out of or in any way attributable to
				the inability of the ferry system to provide vehicle space or stateroom
				accommodation in accordance with the reservations, or at all.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.100 - Claim for loss, damage, injury, or death

Current through May 31, 2024
Passengers who sustain any loss, damage, or injury during the
				  course of transportation by the ferry system shall report the loss, damage, or
				  injury before leaving the ferry system premises to a ship's officer or ferry
				  system official who will acknowledge in writing receipt of the report. This
				  report shall constitute notice only to the ferry system of loss, damage or
				  injury. Written proof of claim, under oath if further requested, should be
				  forwarded to the ferry system as soon as possible after the report has been
				  made. Failure to comply with this section will foreclose any claim against the
				  ferry system.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.110 - Refusal to transport

Current through May 31, 2024
The ferry system reserves the right to refuse transportation
				  to
(1) passengers as follows:
(A) children under 12 years of age unless
				accompanied by a parent or responsible escort;
(B) minor children 12 years of age and under
				16 years of age, when unaccompanied by parent or responsible escort, and not
				bearing written permission from a parent or responsible escort stipulating that
				the ferry system is released from all responsibility for the well-being of the
				minor concerned;
(C) any person
				apparently under the influence of liquor, drugs, mental disorder, physical
				disability, or any other comparable condition;
(D) any person who, in the opinion of the
				master of the vessel, might jeopardize the safety of the vessel or passengers
				or bring extreme discomfort to other passengers.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.120 - Animals

Current through May 31, 2024
As required by AS 03.53.010 (ch. 48, SLA 1974), no animals
				  may be transported into the state aboard a ferry operated by the division of
				  marine highways of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
				  unless the animal's owner, custodian or attendant possesses a valid health
				  certificate for the animal. Animals permitted to travel under
				  17 AAC 70.110 will be transported
				  entirely at owner's risk and the ferry system will assume no liability or
				  responsibility for the handling or transporting of same. Dogs or other
				  household pets may be transported when in vehicles or adequate containers. Such
				  containers must be placed in areas on the vehicle deck designated by vessel
				  personnel. The owner is responsible for care and safety of animals on the
				  vehicle deck and regular periods for such care will be arranged by vessel
				  personnel. Large animals, such as horses, may be transported in adequate
				  vehicles when prior arrangement is made with ferry system representatives. Such
				  prior arrangement includes, but is not limited to, signed "Release of
				  Liability" and guarantee that the transporting vehicle is leakproof, and that
				  bedding material is of an authorized substance. The attendant must have in his
				  possession a health certificate for each animal, and any or all documents
				  required by Canadian authority when the voyage terminates in a Canadian port. A
				  guarantee of adequate food and water for each animal must be provided by the
				  attendant.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.140 - Refrigerated vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
Some vessels of the division of marine highways are equipped
				  to supply electrical power to a limited number of electrically powered
				  refrigeration units used by vehicles being transported aboard the vessels. The
				  vehicle owner shall furnish a United States Coast Guard approved power cord
				  which is compatible with the electrical system of the particular vessel.
				  Electrically powered refrigeration units will be permitted to operate while on
				  board the vessel. Refrigeration units powered by internal combustion engines or
				  by flammable gas or gases will not be permitted to function while on board the
				  vessel. Use of the electrical outlets is at the sole risk of the
				  user.
Authority:
AS
					 44.42.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.150 - Oversize vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
Mobile homes, modular housing units when mounted on running
				  gear, and other oversize vehicular units not generally traveling on highways
				  without special permit will be transported by the ferry system by prior
				  arrangement on a space-available basis only. Strict adherence to the
				  limitations of tides and specific terminals and/or vessels is required. A
				  surcharge for transporting such vehicles is provided dependent on width and
				  length.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.160 - Cleated or tracked vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
Tracked or cleated equipment will not be accepted over
				  terminals and vessels of the ferry system unless mounted on a truck or other
				  appropriate conveyance. In the event that such loading results in a total
				  weight in excess of limitations for any particular terminal or vessel, a
				  sufficient amount of equipment must be removed to allow conformity with the
				  existing weight limitation. Such equipment when removed must be transported in
				  or on another vehicle at regular published fares for that vehicle. An exception
				  is allowed for cleated or tracked vehicles being transported on the M/V
				  Tustumena. Such vehicles, in conformity with existing weight restrictions, will
				  be handled over terminals and aboard the Tustumena when operated under their
				  own power. Owner must provide adequate planking and blocking and provide labor
				  for placing same at both terminals and aboard the vessel to ensure that no
				  damage to decks results from such handling or transporting. A surcharge is
				  published for the transport of cleated or tracked vehicles under these
				  procedures.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.170 - Disabled persons or vehicles

Current through May 31, 2024
When it becomes necessary to provide assistance to load or
				  unload a disabled person, vehicle, or other traffic to effect proper loading or
				  unloading of any vessel, the ferry system will assist in obtaining recognized
				  experienced assistance, and any expenses incurred in obtaining such assistance
				  will be borne by the person or persons responsible for the disabled person,
				  vehicle or other traffic. In the absence of experienced assistance, the ferry
				  system may undertake to assist in loading or unloading of a disabled person,
				  vehicle, or other traffic, by its employees, with or without mechanical
				  devices. Should such assistance be given, the ferry system will not be liable
				  for loss, injury, or damage to the person, vehicle or other traffic. When a
				  disabled person, or person in charge of a disabled vehicle, requests assistance
				  from other passengers, or the vessel's crew, to load or unload such person or
				  vehicle with dispatch, any such assistance rendered will be the sole
				  responsibility of the person making said request.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.190 - Dangerous or objectionable articles

Current through May 31, 2024
The ferry system reserves the right to refuse any and all
				  articles, and vehicles containing such articles, that in the opinion of its
				  representatives will jeopardize the safe operation of the vessel. The ferry
				  system also reserves the right to refuse to transport vehicles containing
				  offensive or ill-smelling cargo and liquid or semi-liquid commodities when not
				  in properly enclosed containers or tanks which preclude the possibility of
				  escaping odors or leakage from vehicles to the deck of the vessel. No
				  explosives, flammables nor other items prohibited by law are permitted to be
				  carried in vehicles aboard any vessel of the ferry system, except that bottled
				  liquefied petroleum gas in containers that are a fixed part of a vehicle's
				  equipment may be permitted under the following conditions:
(1) valve at reservoir must be in the fully
				closed "off" position;
(2) ferry
				system representative on a terminal or aboard a vessel will place a seal on the
				reservoir valve to ensure that the liquefied gas supply be unused during the
				duration of the voyage;
(3) no
				portable containers of any flammable substance will be permitted;
(4) operation of internal combustion engines
				of any type will not be permitted in or on vehicles aboard any vessel of the
				ferry system, except for the express purpose of moving on or off the
				vessel.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.200 - Baggage

Current through May 31, 2024
Baggage checking facilities are not provided on vessels or
				  terminals of the ferry system. A vehicle is normally provided for transfer of
				  passengers' baggage between terminals and vessels. The handling of baggage or
				  personal belongings by employees of the ferry system will be as an
				  accommodation only to the passenger. The ferry system will assume no
				  responsibility for the transfer of baggage and will not be liable for damage to
				  or loss of such baggage by its negligence or otherwise, and no claim will be
				  accepted or considered for such damage or loss.
Authority:
AS
					 44.17.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 17 - Transportation and Public Facilities › Chapter 70 - Marine Transportation › Article 1 - State Ferries (Alaska Marine Highway) › 17 AAC 70.210 - Reservations

Current through May 31, 2024
Reservations must be made in advance and space confirmed. To
				  protect confirmed reserved space, passengers and vehicles must be checked in at
				  various terminals before departure at the times shown in the printed
				  information on the ferry system schedules for the pertinent sailings. Payment
				  for reserved space or accommodations must be made at least 45 days before the
				  sailing date. Failure to meet this requirement, and lack of substitute
				  arrangements, may result in cancellation of the reserved space or
				  accommodations.
Authority:
AS
					 44.42.020