Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 542 - BUSINESS LOGO SIGNING PROGRAM › Section 542.200 - 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 below.
"Ahead or Advance" - a sign is ahead or in advance of another
				when it is at a greater distance then the other from the crossroad being
				signed.
"Business" - an open establishment that provides gas, food,
				lodging, camping, or a 24-hour pharmacy as a motorist service to the general
				public.
"Business Sign" - a rectangular sign consisting of a business
				trademark, name, brand, symbol, or combinations thereof. This sign, also
				referred to as a logo sign, is displayed on a specific service panel or
				together with an arrow panel as a trailblazer sign.
"Crossroad" - a public road intersecting the freeway for which
				an interchange is provided.
"Department" - the Illinois Department of Transportation, with
				central offices at 2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Springfield, Illinois
				62764.
"District" - the organizational structure of the Department.
				The Department is divided into 5 Regions. Each Region, except Region 1, is then
				subdivided into 2 Districts. The program is administered in the District
				offices.
"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 with full
				control of access and grade separations at crossroads.
"Interchange" - a system of interconnecting ramps providing for
				the movement of traffic between two roadways on different levels.
"Interstate" - a freeway that is part of the National System of
				Interstate and Defense Highways and marked with an Interstate Route
				Number.
"Level 1 Sign" - any business sign installed on a specific
				service panel, or on that portion of a second specific service panel that
				displays a service type not displayed on any other specific service panel in
				the same direction in advance of an interchange.
"Level 2 Sign" - any business sign installed on the portion of
				a second specific service panel that displays a service type also displayed on
				another specific service panel in the same direction in advance of an
				interchange.
"RV-friendly Message" - a supplemental message advising that a
				business establishment can accommodate the movement and parking of recreational
				vehicles (RVs).
"Second Specific Service Panel" - a specific service panel that
				accommodates additional logo sign space for a specific service type beyond the
				maximum space allowed on an existing specific service panel. If there is more
				than one specific service panel installed in the same direction in advance of
				an interchange that displays the same service type, the panel with the most
				recent original installation date is considered the second specific service
				panel for that service type.
"Service" - a type of facility used by motorists; namely gas,
				food, lodging, camping, or a 24-hour pharmacy.
"Specific Service Panel" - a rectangular panel, displaying the
				words GAS, FOOD, LODGING, CAMPING, or 24-HOUR PHARMACY and directional
				information, on which a business 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."
"Trailblazer Assembly" - a small sign guiding motorists from
				the ramp to the business. The sign is not required if the business can readily
				be seen from the crossroad. However, if motorists seeking the business must be
				directed to turn off the crossroad onto another road in order to reach the
				business, the sign becomes necessary.
"Trailblazer Sign" - a business sign displayed, together with
				an arrow panel, off the freeway highway system to advise motorists where to
				turn on the crossroad (when necessary).
"Urbanized Area" - a municipality with a population of 50,000
				or more, and its contiguous urban fringe with a population density of 1,000 or
				more inhabitants per square mile; or a municipality with at least a population
				of 25,000 together with other contiguous places (incorporated or
				unincorporated) each with a population density of 1,000 or more inhabitants per
				square mile, which altogether constitutes for general socioeconomic purposes a
				single community with a combined population of at least 50,000
				inhabitants.