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 5 - Permit Administration › Section 2112 - Permit Application and Priorities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Permit
				  application. The Owner or Responsible Operator of a Qualified Motorist Service
				  Business must file a Motorist Services Informational Signing Program
				  Application And Permit dated 1-93 as provided by the Department. The completed
				  application together with the current permit fee is to be forwarded to the
				  appropriate district office of the Department. All permit applications are
				  reviewed by the Department, and the Department shall have final responsibility
				  and authority to grant or deny a permit.
Applications for permits will be denied for businesses
					 which do not meet the eligibility criteria or whose signs do not meet the
					 specifications as provided in Sections
					 2109 and
					 2110, and Subdivision (a) of
					 Section 2111 of these regulations, except
					 as provided in Subdivision (b)(2) of Section
					 2113 and Subdivision (b) of
					 Section 2111.
Within 30 days of receipt of the permit application by the
					 Department, each applicant shall be notified in writing that the application is
					 complete and accepted for filing or that the application is deficient. If the
					 application is deficient, the Department shall specify, in writing, the
					 information required to complete the application. Within 30 days from the
					 filing of the completed application, the Department shall notify the applicant
					 of approval or denial of the permit.
No Business Sign shall be affixed by the Department until a
					 Business Sign permit has been issued and the applicable annual rental fee has
					 been paid.
Applications shall be considered to be received by the
					 Department upon the date of receipt. A Business Sign permit shall be effective
					 for the portion of the calendar year the permit is issued by the Department or
					 the entire year if issued on January 1. In the case of a renewal, the Business
					 Sign permit is effective for one year beginning on the first day of January and
					 expires on the 31st day of December.
An Owner or Responsible Operator shall furnish the
					 necessary Business Sign to the Department district office or the location
					 designated by the Department within 60 days after notification by the
					 Department that the Business Sign application has been approved. The Business
					 Sign permit may be canceled by the Department if the sign is not furnished
					 within the 60-day period or does not meet other provisions of these
					 regulations. Under any of these circumstances, the applicant shall forfeit the
					 permit fee, but receive a full refund of any rental fee which has been
					 paid.
An application may be denied if the Department determines
					 that adequate directional information cannot be given to enable motorists to
					 locate the business premises, or the applicant refuses to place adequate
					 Trailblazers on other public highways at the applicant's sole cost and
					 expense.
(b) Priorities.
(1) The order of priority for granting
				  permits to "LODGING" or "CAMPING" businesses for the installation of their
				  Business Signs on Specific Informational Panels or Supplemental Directional
				  Panels, when applications are received from a greater number of Qualified
				  Motorist Service Businesses which meet the eligibility criteria than there is
				  space available on the Motorist Services Informational Panel, shall be
				  determined based upon the State Measured Distance; with first priority going to
				  the closest business, second priority to the next closest business, and so on
				  until all available space on the Motorist Services Informational Panel has been
				  allocated. The same order of priority shall apply when the maximum number of
				  permits has been issued and a new application is received from a Qualified
				  Motorist Service Business located closer to the interchange than another
				  qualified business which is already signed.
(2) The order of priority for granting
				  permits to "FOOD" or "FUEL" businesses for the installation of their Business
				  Signs on Specific Informational Panels or Supplemental Directional Panels, when
				  applications are received from a greater number of Qualified Motorist Service
				  Businesses which meet the eligibility criteria than there is space available on
				  the Motorist Services Informational Panel, shall be based upon the highest
				  point accumulation from the following two (2) categories:
Category 1: If the State Measured Distance is:
a. 0 to ½ mile,
							 inclusive..........................
assign 3 points
b. over ½ mile to 1 mile,
							 inclusive..........................
assign 2 points
c. over 1 mile to 3 miles,
							 inclusive..........................
assign 1 point
Category 2. If the business is open:
a. 20-24 hours per day..........................
assign 3 points
b. 16-20 hours per day..........................
assign 2 points
c. 12-16 hours per day..........................
assign 1 point
The same order of priority shall apply when the maximum
					 number of permits has been issued and a new application is received from a
					 Qualified Motorist Service Business with a higher point accumulation than
					 another qualified business which is already signed.