Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-85 - LOGO SIGN PROGRAM › Section 14-85.013 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For purposes of this rule chapter the following terms are
				  defined:
(1) "Attraction" means as
				defined in Section 479.261(1),
				F.S.
(2) "Business" means a
				commercial establishment providing gas, food, lodging, camping services, or
				attractions.
(3) "Business Logo"
				means a sign mounted on the display panel of a logo structure showing the name,
				symbol, trademark, or combination thereof for a business within a category of
				motorist services available at an interchange.
(4) "Category" means the motorist services of
				gas, food, lodging, camping, and attractions.
(5) "Combination Logo Structure" means a logo
				structure designed to display a combination of business logos in two or three
				categories.
(6) "Crossroad" means a
				road intersecting the limited access facility to which access is provided by
				means of an interchange.
(7)
				"Department" means the Florida Department of Transportation.
(8) "Display Panel" means the facing or
				surface of a logo structure to which business logos are affixed.
(9) "Exit Ramp" means the traffic lane or
				lanes at an interchange on a limited access facility leading from the mainline
				to the crossroad.
(10) "Logo
				Structure" means the support columns and display panel upon which separate
				business logos may be displayed. A full size logo structure is capable of
				displaying six business logos. A half size logo structure is capable of
				displaying three business logos.
(11) "Limited Access Facility" means as
				defined in Section 334.03, F.S., and includes
				interstate highways.
(12) "Logo
				Trailblazer Signs" means signage in addition to mainline and ramp logo
				structures necessary to provide additional direction to otherwise qualifying
				businesses that are not located on, or visible from, the crossroad. Logo
				trailblazer signs shall consist of a business logo identical to a ramp business
				logo, a directional arrow, and supports.
(13) "Mainline" means the traffic lanes on
				the limited access facility intended for through travel.
(14) "Mainline Business Logo Structure" means
				those logo structures located along the mainline.
(15) "Permit" means written authorization for
				the display of a business logo.
(16) "Permittee" means legal company/owner
				name to which a permit is issued.
(17) "Prepared Food" means hot or deli style
				food prepared on site.
(18)
				"Program Administrator" means the contractor hired by the Department to provide
				services relating to the logo sign program. Contact information for the Program
				Administrator is available at
www.dot.state.fl.us/rightofway/
.
(19) "Project Manager" means the Department
				employee with oversight responsibility for the program.
(20) "Ramp Logo Structure" means those logo
				structures located along an exit ramp.
(21) "Traffic Control Device" means all
				signs, signals, markings, and devices placed on, over, or adjacent to a street
				or highway by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction to
				regulate, warn, or guide motorists, as defined by the Manual on Uniform Traffic
				Control Devices incorporated by Rule
				14-15.010, F.A.C.
(22) "Urban Area" means as defined in Section
				334.03, F.S.
(23) "Wait List" means a compilation of
				businesses, by individual category, which have applied to participate in the
				logo program at a particular interchange at which there is currently no space
				available. Wait lists are maintained by interchange, category and application
				date.
Rulemaking Authority
					 334.044(2),
					 479.261(7) FS.
					 Law Implemented 334.044(2),
					 479.261
					 FS.
New 12-15-09, Amended
					 6-16-15.