Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 543 - TOURISM ATTRACTION SIGNING PROGRAM › Section 543.200 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following words or phrases, when used in this Part, shall
				have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section.
"Ahead" or "In advance of" - a sign is ahead or in advance of
				another when it is at a greater distance than the other from the crossroad
				being signed.
"Billing Cycle" - billing beginning July 1 and ending the
				following June 30.
"Business Logo Sign" - a sign conforming to the Department's
				rule titled Business Logo Signing Program, 92 Ill. Adm. Code 542, advising
				motorists of services such as gas, food, lodging, camping and 24-hour pharmacy
				services.
"Crossroad" - a public road intersecting the freeway for which
				an interchange is provided.
"DCEO" - the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
				Opportunity, acting through its Office of Tourism, with central offices located
				at 620 East Adams Street, Springfield , Illinois 62701.
"Department" - the Illinois Department of Transportation, with
				central offices located at 2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois
				62764.
"Entrance or Exit Ramps" - lanes entering or leaving the main
				traveled way of a freeway. These lanes provide access between the freeway and
				the crossroad at an interchange.
"Fiscal Year" - a year beginning July 1 and ending the
				following June 30.
"Freeway" - a divided highway for through traffic, other than
				one under the jurisdiction of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, with
				full control of access and grade separations at all crossroads.
"IDNR" - the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, with
				central offices located at One Natural Resource Way, Springfield, Illinois
				62702-1271.
"IHPA" - the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, with
				central offices located at 500 East Madison Street, Springfield, Illinois
				62701.
"Interchange" - a system of interconnecting ramps providing for
				the movement of traffic between two roadways on different levels.
"Marketing Plan" - a plan supplied by a tourism attraction that
				explains how and where the attraction is being marketed or advertised outside a
				50 mile radius of the interchange.
"Official Sign" - a sign that is defined as an official sign in
				the Department's rule titled Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to Primary
				and Interstate Highways, 92 Ill. Adm. Code 522, and that is erected and
				maintained by the Department along a freeway. For purposes of this Part,
				official signs do not include business logo signs.
"RV-friendly Message " - a supplemental message advising that a
				tourism attraction can accommodate the movement and parking of recreational
				vehicles (RVs).
"Second Tourism Attraction Panel" - a tourism attraction panel
				that accommodates additional tourism attraction sign space beyond the maximum
				space allowed on an existing tourism attraction panel. When there is more than
				one tourism attraction panel installed in the same direction in advance of an
				interchange, the panel with the most recent original installation date will be
				considered the second tourism attraction panel.
"Supplemental Distance Sign" - a sign identifying the mileage
				to an attraction that is mounted on the posts of an exit ramp panel or
				trailblazer panel.
"Tourism Attraction" or "Attraction" - an open facility having
				the primary purpose of providing amusement and/or historical, cultural, or
				leisure activities to the public.
"Tourism Attraction Panel" - a rectangular panel, displaying
				the word ATTRACTION and directional information, on which a tourism attraction
				sign is mounted. A panel along the freeway is referred to as a "freeway panel"
				and a panel along the exit ramp or crossroad is referred to as an "exit ramp
				panel".
"Tourism Attraction Sign" - a rectangular sign consisting of a
				tourism attraction name, trademark, brand, symbol, or a combination thereof,
				that is displayed on a tourism attraction panel or, together with an arrow
				panel, as a trailblazer sign.
"Trailblazer Sign" - a tourism attraction sign displayed,
				together with an arrow panel, off the freeway system to advise motorists where
				to turn en route to an attraction.