Arizona Administrative Code › Title 17 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 3 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAYS › Article 9 - HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES › Section R17-3-902 - Logo Sign Programs

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A.
				Definitions.
"Attraction" means any of the following:
"Arena" means a facility that has a capacity of at least 5000
				  seats, and is a:
Stadium or auditorium;
Track for automobile, boat, or animal racing; or
Fairground that has a tract of land where fairs or
				  exhibitions are held and permanent buildings that include bandstands,
				  exhibition halls, and livestock exhibition pens.
"Cultural" means an organized and permanent facility that is
				  open to all ages of the public, and is a:
Facility for the performing arts, exhibits, or concerts;
				  or
Museum with professional staff, and an artistic, historical,
				  or educational purpose, that owns or uses tangible objects, cares for them, and
				  exhibits them to the public.
"Domestic farm winery" means a site licensed by the Arizona
				  Department of Liquor Licenses and Control under A.R.S. §
										4-205.04
				  that produces at least 200 gallons and not more than 40,000 gallons of wine
				  annually that is commercially packaged for off-premises sale, and is open to
				  the public for tours to provide an educational format for informing visitors
				  about wine.
"Domestic microbrewery" means a site licensed by the Arizona
				  Department of Liquor Licenses and Control under A.R.S. §
										4-205.08
				  that produces not less than 5000 gallons of beer in each calendar year
				  following the first year of operation and not more than 1.24 million gallons of
				  beer in a calendar year, and is open to the public for tours to provide an
				  educational format for informing visitors about beer.
"Dude ranch" means a facility offering overnight lodging,
				  meals, horseback riding, and activities related to cattle ranching;
"Farm-related" means an established area or facility where
				  consumers can purchase directly from Arizona producers locally-grown,
				  consumer-picked or pre-picked produce, or local products produced from
				  locally-grown produce.
"Golf course" means a facility offering at least 18 holes of
				  play. Golf course excludes a miniature golf course, driving range,
				  chip-and-putt course, and indoor golf.
"Historic" means a structure, district, or site that is
				  listed on the National or Arizona Register of Historic Places as being of
				  historical significance, and includes an informational device to educate the
				  public about the facility's historic features.
"Mall" means a shopping area with at least 1 million square
				  feet of retail shopping space.
"Recreational" means a facility for physical exercise or
				  enjoyment of nature that includes at least one of the following activities:
				  walking, hiking, skiing, boating, swimming, picnicking, camping, fishing,
				  playing tennis, horseback riding, skating, hang-gliding, and climbing;
"Scenic tours" means a business that offers guided tours of
				  scenic areas in Arizona through various means, including air, motorized
				  vehicle, animal, walking, or biking;
"Average annual daily traffic" means the total volume of
				  traffic passing a point or segment of an interstate or other state highway in
				  both directions for one year, divided by the number of days in the year,
				  adjusted for hours of the day counted, days of the week, and seasons of the
				  year.
"Business" means an entity that provides a specific service
				  open for the general public and is located on a roadway within the required
				  distance of an interstate or other state highway.
"Contract" means a written agreement between a contractor and
				  the Department to operate a logo sign program or any aspect of a logo sign
				  program that describes the obligations and rights of both parties.
"Contractor" means a person or entity that enters into an
				  agreement with the Department to operate a logo sign program or any aspect of a
				  logo sign program, and that is responsible for those aspects of a logo sign
				  program as provided in the contract.
"Department" means the Arizona Department of
				  Transportation.
"Exit ramp" means a roadway by which traffic may leave a
				  controlled access highway.
"FHWA" means the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S.
				  DOT.
"Food court" means a collective food facility that exists in
				  one contiguous area and contains a minimum of three separate food service
				  businesses.
"Highway" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S. §
										28-101.
"Interchange" means the point at which traffic on a system of
				  interconnecting roadways that have one or more grade separations, moves from
				  one roadway to another at a different level.
"Intersection" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S. §
										28-601.
"Interstate system" has the same meaning as prescribed in
				  A.R.S. §
										28-7901.
"Lease agreement" means a written contract between a
				  contractor and a responsible operator, or between the Department and a
				  responsible operator, to lease space for a responsible operator's logo on a
				  contractor's or the Department's specific service information sign.
"Logo" means an identification brand, symbol, trademark,
				  name, or a combination of these, for a responsible operator.
"Logo sign" means a specific service information sign
				  consisting of a lettered board attached to a separate rectangular panel that
				  displays an identification brand, symbol, trademark, name, or a combination of
				  these, for a responsible operator.
"Logo sign panel" means a separate rectangular panel on which
				  a logo is placed.
"Municipality" means an incorporated city or town.
"MUTCD" means the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
				  a national standard for the design and application of traffic control devices
				  that is published by the U.S. DOT/FHWA and that is the standard for traffic
				  control devices on the streets and highways of this state as required by A.R.S.
				  §
										28-641.
"Primary business" means:
A gas service business that is within three miles of an
				  intersection or exit ramp; is in continuous operation to provide services at
				  least 16 hours per day, seven days per week for the interstate system; and 12
				  hours per day, seven days per week, for other highways;
A food service business that is within three miles of an
				  intersection or exit ramp terminal and is in continuous operation to serve at
				  least two meals per day at least six days per week;
A lodging service business that is within three miles of an
				  intersection or exit ramp terminal;
A camping service business that is within five miles of an
				  intersection or exit ramp terminal;
An attraction service business, or staging area of that
				  business, that is within three miles of an intersection or exit ramp terminal;
				  or
A 24-hour pharmacy that is within three miles in any
				  direction of an interchange or exit ramp terminal on the interstate
				  system.
"Ramp terminal" means the area where an exit ramp intersects
				  with a roadway.
"Responsible operator" means a person or entity that:
Owns or operates an eligible business, pursuant to subsection
				  (C) of this Section,
Has authority to enter into a lease,
Enters into a lease for a logo sign through the rural or
				  urban logo sign program, and
Has not become ineligible to participate.
"Rural logo sign program" means a system to install and
				  maintain specific service information signs on a rural state highway outside of
				  an urbanized area, as provided in A.R.S. §
										28-7311(E)(2).
"Rural state highway" means any class of state highway,
				  located outside of an urbanized area as provided in A.R.S. §
										28-7311(E)(2).
"Secondary business" means a business as follows:
A gas service business that is within three to 15 miles of an
				  intersection or exit ramp terminal, and is in continuous operation to provide
				  services at least eight hours per day, five consecutive days per week;
A food service business that is within three to 15 miles of
				  an intersection or exit ramp terminal, and is in continuous operation to serve
				  at least two meals per day (either breakfast and lunch, or lunch and dinner)
				  for a minimum of five consecutive days per week;
A lodging service business that is within three to 15 miles
				  of an intersection or exit ramp terminal;
A camping service business that is within five to 15 miles of
				  an intersection or exit ramp terminal; or
An attraction service business, or staging area of that
				  business, that is within three to 15 miles of an intersection or exit ramp
				  terminal.
"Specific service" means gas, food, lodging, camping,
				  attractions, or 24-hour pharmacies.
"Specific service information sign" means a rectangular sign
				  panel that contains directional information, one or more logos, and the
				  following words:
"GAS,""FOOD,""LODGING,""CAMPING,""ATTRACTION," OR"24-HOUR
				  PHARMACY."
"Staging area" means a regular, designated site where a
				  scenic tour begins.
"State highway" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S.
				  §
										28-101.
"Trailblazing sign" means a specific service information sign
				  that provides additional directional guidance to a location, route, or building
				  from another highway or roadway.
"Urbanized area" has the same meaning as prescribed in A.R.S.
				  §
										28-7311(E)(2).
"Urban logo sign program" means a system to install and
				  maintain specific service information signs on an interstate system or other
				  state highway within an urbanized area, as provided in A.R.S. §
										28-7311.
"U.S. DOT" means the United States Department of
				  Transportation.
B.
				Administration.
1. The Department may operate
				an urban and a rural logo sign program, or may select a contractor to
				administer an urban and a rural logo sign program. An urban logo sign program
				may be implemented on state highways in any urbanized areas in the state. A
				rural logo sign program may be implemented on state highways located outside of
				urbanized areas in the state. If the Department utilizes a contractor to
				administer an urban and a rural logo sign program, the Department shall solicit
				offers, as provided in A.R.S. §§
										41-2501
				through
				41-2673,
				to select a contractor.
2. The
				Department may contract separately for an urban and a rural logo sign
				program.
3. A contract shall
				specify the standards that a contractor shall use, which are contained in the
				MUTCD, U.S. DOT/FHWA current edition as adopted by the Department under A.R.S.
				§
										28-641
				and any other requirements and standards prescribed by the
				Department.
4. The Department may
				propose its own form of a written lease agreement with a responsible operator.
				The Department shall prescribe the form of any written lease agreement between
				a contractor and a responsible operator. A contractor's lease agreement with a
				responsible operator shall include, by reference, the terms and conditions of
				the Department's contract with a contractor under A.R.S. §§
										41-2501
				through
				41-2673.
				A contractor or the Department may terminate program participation of any
				responsible operator under subsection (C)(1) of this Section.