South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 70 - Department of Transportation › Article 70:04 - Highway signs and rights-of-way › Chapter 70:04:02 - Informational, directional signs - On right-of-way › Section 70:04:02:01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
Terms used in this chapter have the following meaning:
(1) "Advertiser," the owner or operator of a service for motorists;
(2) "Amusement," an activity that serves to entertain or please. The term includes the following: zoological or botanical parks; science centers offering learning environments, educational programs, or hands-on-exhibits; amusement parks offering water activities, entertainment rides, or live shows; and any stadium, sports complex, auditorium, fairground, or convention center that has a capacity of at least 5000 seats and that holds events on at least twenty days per year;
(3) "Attraction," a business of regional significance with the primary purpose of providing amusement, historical, cultural, or leisure activity to the public;
(4) "Business sign," a sign on a specific or supplemental information panel which shows the brand, symbol, trademark, or name of the service for motorists available near an intersection or interchange;
(5) "Commission," the South Dakota Transportation Commission;
(6) "Controlled access primary highway," a primary highway of four or more lanes with a raised, sunken, signed, marked, or striped dividing line separating traffic flowing in opposite directions, except at designated points where at-grade crossovers are provided or signs, markers, stripes, or other devices permit crossing;
(7) "Cultural," an activity that expresses the artistic or social aspects of culture or civilization. The term includes the following: museums, facilities for the performing arts, and social or cultural exhibits;
(8) "Department," the South Dakota Department of Transportation;
(9) "Historical," an activity or location relating to events in history. The term includes the following: areas of natural or scenic beauty or phenomena; and sites of national or regional significance determined by the South Dakota Historical Society or listed in the National Register of Historic Places and offering tours of educational information about the location for visitors;
(10) "Intersection," an at-grade crossing of a state, county, or urban federal aid highway system with a controlled access primary highway;
(11) "Legend," directional arrows, letters, and numbers used to show directions to and the type of services for motorists available;
(12) "Leisure," an activity or location that fosters ease or relaxation. The term includes the following: recreational areas offering cycling, boating, swimming, camping, fishing, hiking, skating, horseback riding, rock climbing, snow skiing, or snowmobiling; and licensed farm wineries producing a minimum of 500 gallons of wine per year on-site, and offering tours and educational information about wine processing to visitors;
(13) "Panel," a specific information panel;
(14) "Secretary," the secretary of the South Dakota Department of Transportation or an authorized representative;
(15) "Services for motorists," businesses furnishing gas, food, lodging, camping, or attractions as individual or combined services;
(16) "Specific information panel," a sign panel within the highway right-of-way which is located before a highway intersection or interchange exit ramp and which displays directional information and has one or more business signs mounted on the panel;
(17) "Supplemental information panel," a sign panel within the highway right-of-way which is located on, opposite, or at the terminus of an exit ramp and which displays directional information and has one or more business signs mounted on the panel; and
(18) "Supplemental panel," a supplemental information panel.
General Authority:
SDCL  31-29-80.1.
Law Implemented:
SDCL  31-29-63(6),  31-29-80.1.