Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 02, November 27, 2024
(1) The
following Directional Signs are prohibited:
1.
Signs advertising activities that are illegal under Federal or State laws or
regulations in effect at the locations of those signs or at the location of
those activities.
2. Signs located
in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of
an official traffic sign, signal or device or obstruct or interfere with the
driver's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic.
3. Signs which are erected or maintained upon
trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or other natural features.
5. Signs which are structurally unsafe or in
disrepair.
6. Signs which move or
have any animated or moving parts.
7. Signs located in rest areas, park lands,
or scenic areas.
8. No sign shall
exceed the following limits:
(i) A maximum
area of 150 square feet.
(ii) A
maximum height of 20 feet, a maximum length of 20 feet.
(2) All dimensions include border
and trim but exclude supports.
(3)
Signs may be illuminated subject to the following:
1. Signs which contain, include or are
illuminated by any flashing intermittent or moving light or lights are
prohibited.
2. Signs which are not
effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays or light from being
directed at any portion of the traveled way of an interstate or primary highway
or which are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the
vision of the driver of any motor vehicle or which otherwise interfere with any
driver's operation of a motor vehicle are prohibited.
3. No sign may be illuminated as to interfere
with the effectiveness of or obscure an official traffic sign, device, or
signal.
(4) Each
location of a directional sign must be approved by the Department.
1. No directional sign may be located within
500 feet of an interchange or intersection at grade along the interstate system
or other freeways (measured along the interstate or freeway from the nearest
point of the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or
entrance to the main traveled way whichever is further from the
intersection.)
2. No directional
sign may be located within 500 feet of a rest area, park land, or scenic
area.
3.
(i) No two directional signs facing the same
direction of travel shall be spaced less than 1 mile apart
(ii) No more than three directional signs
pertaining to the same activity and facing the same direction of travel may be
erected along a single route approaching the activity.
(iii) Signs located adjacent to the
interstate system shall be within 75 air miles of the activity.
(iv) Signs located adjacent to the primary
system shall be within 50 air miles of the activity.
(5) The message on directional
signs shall be limited to the identification of the attraction or activity and
directional information useful to the traveler in locating the attraction, such
as mileage, route numbers, or exit numbers. Descriptive words or phrases and
pictorial or photographic representations of the activity or its environs are
prohibited.
(6) To be eligible,
privately owned attractions must be nationally or regionally known and of
outstanding interest to the traveling public.
(7) The Department will determine the
eligibility of a facility for directional signing on an individual basis.
Additional criteria to be used in determining eligibility are as follows:
1. Kind of attraction or facility.
2. Purpose of the activity or
facility.
3. How widely known is
the activity.
4. Is it publicly or
privately owned.
5. Size of the
activity or attraction, such as the number of camp sites or spaces for
trailers, etc.
6. The various
activities included in the operation, such as swimming, boating, camping,
golfing, etc.
7. The number of
people attending the facility annually.
(8) If the activity or attraction meets
enough of the above criteria to warrant further consideration for directional
signs, an application for permit should be filed through the district engineer
using Form OA No. 5 Revised 3/1/73 and forwarded on to the Department
Maintenance Engineer for review and approval by the Director.
Author: Maintenance Bureau
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, §§
23-1-273,
23-1-274,
23-1-275,
23-1-278,
23-1-286.