Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Transportation › Chapter Trans 201 - Control of Outdoor Advertising Along and Visible From Highways On The Interstate And Federal-Aid Primary Systems › Section Trans 201.05 - Directional and official signs

Current through June 24, 2024
The following standards apply to directional and official signs
				and notices which are visible from the main-traveled way of a controlled
				highway. These standards do not apply to directional and official signs erected
				on the highway right-of-way.
(1)
			 DEFINITIONS.
(a) "Scenic area" means any area
			 of particular scenic beauty or historical significance as determined by the
			 federal, state, or local officials having jurisdiction thereof, and includes
			 interests in land which have been acquired for the restoration, preservation,
			 and enhancement of scenic beauty.
(b) "Parkland" means any publicly owned land
			 which is designated or used as a public park, recreation area, wildlife or
			 waterfowl refuge or historic site.
(c) "Directional and other official signs and
			 notices" includes only official signs and notices, public utility signs,
			 service club and religious notices, public service signs, and directional
			 signs.
(d) "Official signs and
			 notices" means signs and notices erected and maintained by public officers or
			 public agencies within their territorial or zoning jurisdiction and pursuant to
			 and in accordance with direction or authorization contained in federal, state,
			 or local law for the purposes of carrying out an official duty or
			 responsibility. Historical markers authorized by state law and erected by state
			 or local government agencies or nonprofit historical societies may be
			 considered official signs.
(e)
			 "Public utility signs" means warning signs, informational signs, notices, or
			 markers which are customarily erected and maintained by publicly or privately
			 owned public utilities, as essential to their operations.
(f) "Service club and religious notices"
			 means signs and notices, whose erection is authorized by law, relating to
			 meetings of nonprofit service clubs or charitable associations, or religious
			 services, which signs do not exceed 8 square feet in area.
(g) "Public service signs" means signs
			 located on school bus stop shelters, which signs:
1. Identify the donor, sponsor, or
			 contributor of said shelters;
2.
			 Contain public service messages, which shall occupy not less than 50% of the
			 area of the signs;
3. Contain no
			 other message;
4. Are located on
			 school bus shelters which are authorized or approved by city, county, or state
			 law, regulation, or ordinance, and at places approved by the city, county, or
			 state agency controlling the highway involved; and
5. May not exceed 32 square feet in area. Not
			 more than one sign on each shelter shall face in any one direction.
(h) "Directional signs" means
			 signs containing directional information about public places owned or operated
			 by federal, state, or local governments or their agencies; publicly or
			 privately owned natural phenomena, historic, cultural, scientific, educational,
			 and religious sites; and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for
			 outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of the traveling
			 public.