New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS › Chapter 21 - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAGE › Part 3 - REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS ON GAS, FOOD, LODGING, CAMPING AND ATTRACTION, TRAVELER INFORMATION SIGNS › Section 18.21.3.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
As used in these rules unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
A. "As-built plans" means
				detailed plans showing the configuration and location of specific information
				"panels" and trailblazer signs after the initial construction is completed on
				an interchange by interchange basis.
B. "Business sign" means a separately affixed
				sign attached to a motorist informational "panel," showing the name, brand or
				trademark of a qualified motorist service business.
C. "Commission" means the New Mexico state
				transportation commission.
D.
				"Department" means the New Mexico department of transportation.
E. "Department secretary" means the secretary
				of the New Mexico department of transportation or his designated
				representative.
F. "District" means
				any one of six sub-districts of the NMDOT responsible for construction and
				maintenance activities in a defined geographical area.
G. "Eligible highway" means those sections of
				controlled access highways determined by the NMDOT to be eligible for the
				specific information "panel" program.
H. "Eligible interchange" means those
				interchanges within the eligible sections of highways where the specific
				information "panel" program may be provided.
I. "Exit gore" means the earliest point at
				which the exit roadway becomes fully separated from the mainline
				roadway.
J. "Interstate system" or
				"interstate highway" means every state highway that is a part of a national
				system of interstate and defense highways established pursuant to Section
				103(b), Title 23, United States Code. This definition also includes fully
				controlled access freeways on the primary highway system.
K. "Logo" means a symbol or design used by a
				qualified traveler service business that may consist of an easily recognizable
				identification symbol, name brand, trademark, or combination thereof.
L. "Main traveled way" means the through
				traffic lanes of interstate systems or access controlled routes, exclusive of
				frontage roads, auxiliary lanes and ramps.
M. "Specific service sign" means a "specific
				informational panel" bearing separately affixed individual business signs,
				indicating the presence of one or more gas, food, lodging, camping or
				attraction, and erected in advance of exit ramps on interstate systems or
				access controlled roadways. In appropriate context only, it also means a
				supplemental direction panel.
N.
				"Separate traveler informational sign" means a traveler information panel which
				indicates the presence of only one type of tourist service, namely, gas, food,
				lodging, or camping. The phrase "traveler information sign" when not qualified
				means "separate traveler informational panel."
O. "Combination traveler informational sign"
				means a traveler informational panel which indicates the presence of more than
				one type of tourist service. No traveler informational panel may indicate the
				presence of more than three types of tourist services in any event.
P. "NMDOT program administrator" means that
				person assigned by the NMDOT to oversee and coordinate the LOGOS sign program
				and when applicable the program manager's activity.
Q. "Owner" means the holder of fee title, or
				holder of leasehold estates from the owner of the real property.
R. "Permit" means formal approval by the
				NMDOT or when applicable the program manager for work performed within the
				highway right-of-way and processed on forms provided by the NMDOT or when
				applicable the program manager for that purpose.
S. "Program manager" or "contractor" means,
				when applicable, that person, firm, or organization selected by the NMDOT for
				the purpose of administering, marketing, constructing, refurbishing, and
				maintaining the existing and future specific service sign program in New
				Mexico.
T. "Qualified motorist
				business" means a business furnishing gas, food, lodging, camping or attraction
				related tourist services.
U.
				"Responsible operator" means a person or entity other than an owner who
				operates an independent motorist service business, and who has authority to
				enter into agreements relevant to matters covered by these
				requirements.
V. "Mainline specific
				information panel" means a background sign-panel with border and copy upon
				which one (1) or more separate business signs may be attached and are located
				adjacent to the mainline and exit ramps of the eligible highway.
W. "Ramp supplemental directional sign" means
				a motorist informational panel located on, opposite or at the terminus of an
				exit ramp from the interstate system, bearing business signs and directional
				information for a qualified motorist service business.
X. "Trailblazer sign" means a business sign
				with an appropriate directional arrow sign mounted along the route leading from
				the interchange to the business for traffic direction purposes.
Y. "Visible" means the location of the
				business can be readily identified by traffic approaching the termini of the
				highway exit ramp serving the business or approaching an intersection along the
				route from the exit ramp to the business.