New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 42 - SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 16:42-2.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
				  shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Acknowledgment plaque" means a plaque that is intended only
				  to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or
				  monetary payment has been sponsored by a person, firm, or entity.
				  Acknowledgment plaques are installed only in the same sign assembly below a
				  primary sign that provides the road user specific information on accessing the
				  service being sponsored. Consistent with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control
				  Devices (MUTCD), a plaque legend is displayed on a separate substrate from that
				  of the sign below which it is mounted. The substrate refers to the backing
				  material that the sign plate is made from.
"Acknowledgement sign" means an official sign placed within
				  the right-of-way as allowed by
				  27:1A-5 and
				  27:7-44.1 8 et seq., and the
				  Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Policy on Sponsorship and Agreements
				  within the Public Right-of-Way, as amended or superseded. Acknowledgement signs
				  shall meet all design and placement guidelines for acknowledgement signs as
				  covered in Part 2 of the MUTCD, and all sign design principles covered in the
				  most current edition of the "Standard Highway Signs and Markings Book" as
				  published by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
				  Administration. Acknowledgement signs are intended only to inform the traveling
				  public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary payment has been
				  sponsored by a person, firm, or entity.
"Advertising sign" means a sign that is intended to promote
				  commercial products or services through the use of slogans and information and
				  provides information for obtaining those products or services.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey
				  Department of Transportation or such person as the Commissioner may designate,
				  when legally permissible.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of
				  Transportation.
"Frontage road" means a service road, usually parallel to the
				  State highway, designed to reduce the number of streets and driveways that
				  intersect a State highway.
"Highway" means any street or roadway that is open to public
				  travel and includes, but is not limited to, the street or roadway, shoulders,
				  and sidewalks; the airspace above and below the street or roadway; areas for
				  drainage, utilities, landscaping, berms, and fencing; and rest areas and
				  service areas.
"Main-traveled way" means the traveled way of a highway on
				  which through traffic is carried. In the case of a divided highway, the
				  traveled way of each separate roadway carrying through traffic is a
				  main-traveled way. The main-traveled way shall not include frontage
				  roads.
"Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices" or "MUTCD" means
				  the 2009 edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets
				  and Highways, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented,
				  issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
				  Administration. The MUTCD is available at:
http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
.
"Rest area" means an area or site established and maintained
				  within or adjacent to the right-of-way of an interstate, freeway-primary, or
				  primary highway for the safety, recreation, and convenience of the traveling
				  public.
"Right-of-way" means highway property and property rights,
				  including easements, owned and controlled by the Department.
"Sign legend" means all word messages, logos, pictographs,
				  and symbol and arrow designs that are intended to convey specific meanings. The
				  border, if any, on a sign is not considered to be a part of the legend.
"Sponsor" means a person or persons, firm, or entity that has
				  entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Department pursuant to the
				  provisions of this chapter.
"Sponsorship agreement" means an agreement between the
				  Department and a sponsor where the Department receives a highway- related
				  service, product, or a payment in exchange for the acknowledgement of that
				  sponsor through an acknowledgment sign or plaque along highways or rest areas
				  under the jurisdiction and control of the Department, or other acknowledgment
				  on Department equipment, materials, or vehicles that will publicly recognize
				  each sponsorship activity.
"Sponsorship program" means a program administered by the
				  Department that complies with pertinent Federal laws, rules, regulations, and
				  orders, and allows the sponsorship of Department operational activities or
				  other highway-related services or programs through the provision of a
				  highway-related service, product, or payment.