Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 7 - MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Division 10 - Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission › Chapter 17 - Supplemental Guide Sign Program › Section 7 CSR 10-17.020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment is primarily editorial
				  changes for clarification purposes, the deletion of the twenty-four- (24-) hour
				  pharmacy reference to comply with the new federal regulation which eliminates
				  this category and the addition of the definition of Agritourism to expand
				  participation in the TODS signing program.
(1) "Advance TODS Sign" - a Tourist Oriented
				Directional Signing (TODS) sign placed in advance of the normal TODS
				sign.
(2) "Alternate Fuel" - a fuel
				type other than gasoline or diesel that can be used to power a vehicle on the
				highway and includes, but is not limited to, ethanol blended gasoline (E-85),
				biodiesel (B-20), compressed natural gas (CNG), propane, or electric vehicle
				(EV) charging.
(3) "Cave" - a state
				approved cave which has complied with all necessary requirements of the
				Division of Labor Standards' Mine Inspection Section and possesses a current
				certificate of annual inspection furnished and approved by that
				division.
(4) "College Emblem Sign"
				- a supplemental guide sign displaying emblem panels of up to six (6) colleges
				or universities meeting the criteria in this rule on emblem panels. A maximum
				of two (2), three (3), or six (6) college emblem panels may be displayed on a
				sign with the sign size being based solely on the potential number of schools
				that may request signs at a given interchange.
(5) "College Traffic Generator Sign" - a
				supplemental guide sign displaying the name and logo of up to three (3)
				colleges or universities meeting the criteria in this rule.
(6) "Commercial Activity" - any business or
				service activity generally recognized as commercial by zoning authorities in
				this state.
(7) "Commission" - the
				Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.
(8) "Crossroad" - the roadway that intersects
				the main roadway.
(9) "Department"
				- the Missouri Department of Transportation.
(10) "Emblem Panel" - a panel which may
				display the name, logo, or a combination of both for a college or university
				meeting the criteria in this rule which is attached to a mainline sign or ramp
				sign or on a stand-alone trailblazer sign.
(11) "Exit Ramp" or "Ramp" - the connective
				roadway between the mainline and the crossroad at an interchange.
(12) "Expressway" - a divided highway with
				limited numbers of at-grade accesses.
(13) "Fee" - the amount of money assessed a
				qualified entity for participation in one (1) of the signing programs, which is
				paid prior to signs being installed.
(14) "First Connection" - the sign location
				in advance of the intersection where motorists turn off of the state highway
				system to arrive at the destination being signed for.
(15) "Freeway" - a divided highway where
				access is fully controlled by interchanges.
(16) "General Service Sign" - a sign with
				white legend on blue background depicting the standard symbol for an alternate
				fuel that meets the department's standards.
(17) "Gore" - the area immediately beyond the
				divergence point of the mainline highway and the exit ramp bounded by the edges
				of those traveled ways.
(18)
				"Interchange" - an intersection that connects two (2) or more interconnecting
				roadways through the use of one (1) or more grade separations that provides for
				the movement of traffic between the interconnecting roadways on different
				elevations allowing uninterrupted flow of the mainline highway.
(19) "Intersection" - the at-grade crossing
				of two (2) public roadways where the intersecting roadways are at the same
				elevations and are controlled by regulatory signs or traffic signals.
(20) "Interstate" - the Dwight D. Eisenhower
				National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
(21) "Logo Panel" - a panel which may display
				the name, brand, symbol, trademark, or a combination of these of a qualified
				entity which is attached to a mainline sign or ramp sign or serves as a
				stand-alone trailblazer sign when a directional arrow is installed below
				it.
(22) "Logo Program" or "Logo" -
				a specific service signing program that provides directional signing to
				businesses which offer motorist services (gas, food, lodging, and camping) and
				tourist attractions.
(23) "Mainline
				Highway" or "mainline" - the primary travel lanes of the interstate, freeway,
				or expressway.
(24) "Mainline Sign"
				- the sign installed in advance of an interchange along the mainline of an
				interstate, freeway, or expressway informing motorists of the services or
				attractions accessible from that interchange.
(25) "Motorist Services" - a business which
				provides one (1) or more of the following services: gas, food, lodging, or
				camping. Signing for motorist services is limited to the Logo and TODS programs
				and meets the following criteria:
(A) Gas and
				diesel vehicular service stations shall provide fuel, oil, water, air, restroom
				facilities, drinking water, a telephone available to the public for
				emergencies, and be in continuous operation at least twelve (12) hours a day,
				seven (7) days per week. Alternative fuel availability at these sites can be
				displayed as a secondary message at the bottom of a Logo panel or within the
				TODS sign legend. If this information cannot be displayed as part of the Logo
				or TODS sign, it may be displayed as a general service sign placed below the
				gas Logo mainline and ramp signs or below the TODS sign for the facility
				offering the alternative fuel. A maximum of two (2) general service signs may
				be displayed below a TODS sign, one (1) attached to each of the TODS sign
				posts. When general service signs are used, the alternative fuel site shall be
				within three (3) miles of the interchange, located along the crossroad of the
				interchange, be clearly visible from the crossroad, with the availability of
				the alternative fuel clearly identified on the on-premise signing of the site.
				The distance to the alternative fuel site will be displayed along with the
				general service logo where the distance is greater than one (1) mile;
(B) Electric vehicle charging (EV charging)
				sites shall be equipped with level two (2) or level (3) systems compatible with
				all electric vehicles, have the capacity to charge a minimum of two (2)
				vehicles at the same time, and be available to any user regardless if the user
				is a patron of the site offering the EV charging station. EV charging
				availability may be displayed as a supplemental message at the bottom of a Logo
				panel or within a TODS sign legend for sites participating in the TODS or Logo
				program under the gas category. EV charging stations located at businesses
				participating in the TODS or Logo programs under categories other than gas may
				be signed using the general service signing for EV charging in accordance with
				the requirements of the application of general service signing in this
				rule;
(C) Food and restaurant
				facilities shall be approved and/or licensed by the state or political
				subdivision having jurisdiction and be in continuous operation to serve at
				least two (2) meals per day (i.e., breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner), six (6)
				days per week, be open to the public a minimum of ten (10) hours per day, have
				accommodations to seat a minimum of twenty (20) guests at tables indoors or a
				minimum of ten (10) drive-up ordering/eating stations, and provide restroom
				facilities and a telephone available to the public for emergencies;
(D) Lodging, motel, and hotel facilities
				shall be approved and/or licensed by the state agency or political subdivision
				having jurisdiction, have a minimum of ten (10) rooms with each room having its
				own restroom facility, including a shower and/or bath tub, sufficient
				off-street parking for all guests, telephones in each room, and be open
				twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week;
(E) Camping and campground facilities shall
				be approved and/or licensed by the state agency or political subdivision having
				jurisdiction, provide restroom facilities, drinking water, at least twenty (20)
				camping and parking spaces, and be open twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven
				(7) days per week for a minimum of six (6) consecutive months per year. Signing
				for campgrounds operated on a seasonal basis will be covered with a blue
				background aluminum panel of appropriate size or removed from the sign during
				the off season.