Virginia Administrative Code › Title 24 - TRANSPORTATION AND MOTOR VEHICLES › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter 551 - INTEGRATED DIRECTIONAL SIGNING PROGRAM (IDSP) PARTICIPATION CRITERIA › Section 24VAC30-551-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
				  shall have the following meanings unless the content clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Bed and breakfast" means any establishment (i) having no
				  more than 15 bedrooms; (ii) offering to the public, for compensation,
				  transitory lodging or sleeping accommodations; and (iii) offering at least one
				  cooked meal per day, which may but need not be breakfast, to each person to
				  whom overnight lodging is provided. The facility shall have an on-premises sign
				  describing it as a bed and breakfast and shall clearly describe itself as a bed
				  and breakfast in all marketing materials.
"Bumping" means the removal of a business from the Specific
				  Travel Services (Logo) Signing Program or Tourist-Oriented Directional Signing
				  (TODS) Program.
"Colleges and universities" means the main campus of an
				  educational institution and shall be interpreted as all that contiguous real
				  estate and improvements owned and operated by the educational institution,
				  housing the administrative, educational and other programs of the institution.
				  An educational institution may have more than one main campus located within
				  the state provided each facility meets the above description and the facilities
				  are not closer than 50 miles to each other. The distance limitation shall not
				  apply to campuses of the Virginia Community College System. Satellite
				  facilities shall be all educational or other facilities associated with the
				  institution located within 25 miles of the limits of the main campus.
In general application, a main campus should give visitors
				  the clear impression that they have entered a campus setting. Facilities
				  sharing space in commercial centers, office parks, industrial centers and
				  similar settings shall not be considered main campuses; however, they may
				  constitute satellite facilities if meeting the description in this
				  definition.
"Emergency medical facility" means a licensed facility
				  providing continuous emergency medical care to the general public. The facility
				  shall have a licensed medical doctor on duty 24 hours per day, 365 days per
				  year.
"Equestrian center" means a facility, marketing itself as an
				  "equestrian center," dedicated to the public education and recreational
				  enjoyment of horses through a variety of features such as riding lessons,
				  training facilities and clinics.
"Farm market" means a year-round or seasonal facility
				  located on an individual farm dedicated to selling fresh, locally produced
				  products. At least 50% of sales must be from Virginia-grown and -produced
				  products.
"Farmer's market" means a year-round or seasonal open air or
				  permanent facility, marketing itself as a "farmer's market," where multiple
				  farmers come to sell their products to the consumer.
"Full service food" means a restaurant that meets all the
				  requirements for participation in the Specific Travel Services (Logo) Signing
				  Program as a Food Category I facility. The restaurant must also provide (i)
				  indoor seating for at least 100 adults, (ii) sit-down table service with wait
				  staff, (iii) public restroom facilities, and (iv) a full breakfast menu,
				  including coffee, juice, and items from at least two of the following groups:
(a) eggs;
(b) breakfast meat (e.g., bacon, sausage,
				ham, steak); and
(c) breakfast
				bread (e.g., toast, bagels, pastry) or cereal, or both. Eggs and breakfast meat
				shall be prepared on the premises (pre-packaged items will not meet this
				requirement).
"Historic building" means the same as "historic
				  site."
"Historic cemetery" means the same as "historic
				  site."
"Historic site" means a site, facility or structure that is
				  officially listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register, where guided tours are
				  (i) regularly scheduled or (ii) available upon request during the hours of
				  operation.
"Hospital" means the same as "emergency medical
				  facility."
"Regional retail facility" means a unified facility where
				  more than 10 retail businesses are located. The facility must (i) print and
				  distribute promotional brochures over 50 miles from its location or regularly
				  advertise in media over 50 miles from its location; (ii) receive 1/3 or more of
				  annual sales from visitors from over 50 miles from its location (as determined
				  by customer survey or credit card tracking, or both; the regional retail
				  facility is responsible for providing supporting data); and (iii) employ a
				  staff person for the promotion, advertising, marketing, or sales to persons
				  over 50 miles from its location. Consideration will be given to recommendations
				  of the Virginia Tourism Corporation relative to the determination of a regional
				  retail facility.
"Virginia educational institution" means a for-profit
				  educational institution with its main campus located in Virginia that (i) has
				  for at least five consecutive years awarded academic degrees approved by the
				  State Council of Higher Education; (ii) offers programs in workforce training
				  or job readiness that contribute to Virginia's economic growth and development;
				  and (iii) has combined annual enrollment of at least 1,000 at its main campus
				  and any branch location situated within a radius of 25 miles from the main
				  campus.
"Water-oriented business" means a business that includes
				  canoe liveries, raft liveries, marinas, water parks, wave pools, and other
				  similar businesses providing access to or facilities for waterborne
				  recreational activities.
"Wine trail" means a trail that consists of a group of three
				  or more wineries that have declared their intention to be a wine trail and
				  published joint marketing materials. To participate in either the
				  Tourist-Oriented Directional Signing (TODS) Program or Logo Program, each
				  winery on a wine trail must meet the hours of operation and licensing
				  requirements for that program. The driving distance between one winery and the
				  next wine trail facility shall not be greater than 15 miles. To be eligible for
				  participation in the TODS Program, the first and last facilities on a wine
				  trail must be located within 15 miles of the intersection of a noncontrolled
				  access state primary or secondary system highway where the initial TODS panel
				  is to be located. To be eligible for participation in the Logo Program, the
				  facility at one terminus of the wine trail must be located within 15 miles of
				  the interchange. The facility at the other terminus must be eligible for either
				  TODS or Logo signage.
Statutory Authority
§§ 33.1-12 and 33.1-371 of the Code of Virginia.