California Code of Regulations › Title 21 - Public Works › Division 2 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 19 - Placement of Motorist Services Informational Signs near Highway Exits Along Interstate Route 5 › Article 3 - Sign Fabrication and Placement › Section 2108 - Specific Informational Panels

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Except as
				  provided herein, Specific Informational Panels shall be located between the
				  previous interchange and sufficiently in advance of the approaching interchange
				  so that the last panel is at least one-quarter ( ) mile in advance of the gore
				  of the approaching interchange with at least 800-foot spacing between all
				  informational panels and between informational panels and guide signs.
At the discretion of the Department, the location of the
					 panels with respect to their distances from the gore may be increased to avoid
					 conflict with existing guide signs. As viewed in the direction of travel, the
					 placement of successive panels shall be those for "CAMPING," "LODGING," "FOOD,"
					 and "FUEL" in that order.
(b) The panels shall be located within the
				  right-of-way, near the right-of-way line, but not more than 40 feet from the
				  edge of pavement and shall be readable from the traveled way. The panels shall
				  be located so as to take advantage of the natural terrain, to have the least
				  impact on the scenic environment and to avoid visual conflict with other guide
				  signs.
The panels shall not be permitted at locations where, in
					 the opinion of the Department, the directional information contained thereon
					 may be misinterpreted, misleading or otherwise confusing to the traveling
					 public.
(c) Except as
				  provided in Section
				  2110, Subdivision (f), of these
				  regulations, separate Specific Informational Panels shall be used for "FUEL",
				  "FOOD", "LODGING", and "CAMPING" motorist services. Where one of the qualifying
				  types of motorist services is not available at an interchange, the Specific
				  Informational Panel for that type of service shall not be installed. Not more
				  than one Specific Informational Panel for each of the four qualifying types of
				  motorist services shall be provided in each direction of travel from an
				  interchange.
(d) Specific
				  Informational Panels shall not be installed in advance of an off-ramp at an
				  interchange unless an on-ramp is also located at that interchange, or at
				  another reasonably convenient location to permit a motorist to re-enter the
				  freeway and continue in the same direction of travel without undue indirection,
				  circuity of travel or the use of poor connecting roads.
(e) Existing Guide Signs with word messages
				  and/or symbols for "FUEL", "FOOD", "LODGING", "CAMPERS", or "CAMPING" will be
				  removed when a corresponding Motorist Services Informational Sign for "FUEL",
				  "FOOD", "LODGING", or "CAMPING" is installed at the same interchange. Guide
				  Signs with word messages and/or symbols not contained on the Specific
				  Informational Panels will remain.
(f) At Double Exit Interchanges where the
				  same qualifying types of motorist services are to be signed for each off-ramp,
				  the sign assembly shall consist of two single row panels of appropriate size,
				  one for each exit, fastened one above the other, for "FUEL", "FOOD", "LODGING",
				  and "CAMPING." The top panel shall display appropriate directional information
				  and the individual business signs for businesses most directly accessible from
				  the first exit, and the lower panel shall display appropriate directional
				  information and the individual business signs for businesses most directly
				  accessible from the second exit.
If one off-ramp is not signed for one or more of the four
					 qualifying groups of motorist services, the Specific Informational Panel used
					 for the other exit for that service group may be the single-exit type.
1. New
					 section filed 5-18-93; operative 6-17-93 (Register 93, No. 21).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						101.7,
						Streets and Highways Code. Reference: Section
						101.7,
						Streets and Highways Code.