Delaware Administrative Code
Title 2 - Transportation
2000 - Department of Transportation
2600 - Division of Maintenance and Operations
2601 - Outdoor Advertising
Section 2601-10.0 - Standards for Public Utility and railroad Signs
Universal Citation: 2 DE Admin Code 2601-10.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024
10.1 General
10.1.1 The erection of a public utility or
railroad sign may be undertaken without Department approval. Such signs will,
however, be limited to warning signs, informational signs, and notices or
markers which are customarily erected and maintained by publicly or privately
owned public utilities or railroads as essential to their operation.
10.1.2 Public utility and railroad signs
shall be installed to standards as set forth under the National Cooperative
Highway Research Program 350 (NCHRP 350), the Manual for Assessing Safety
Hardware (MASH), or the most current version in effect at the time.
10.1.3 The following signs are prohibited:
10.1.3.1 Signs located in such a manner as to
obscure or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official TCD, or
obstruct or interfere with the driver's view of approaching, merging, or
intersection traffic.
10.1.3.2
Signs which are erected or maintained upon trees or utility poles or painted or
drawn upon rocks or other natural features.
10.1.3.3 Obsolete signs.
10.1.3.4 Signs which are structurally unsafe
or in disrepair.
10.2 Size
10.2.1 The following limits are applicable to
public utility and railroad signs:
10.2.1.1
Maximum area 4 square feet
10.2.1.2
Maximum height 4 feet
10.2.1.3
Maximum length 4 feet
10.2.2 All dimensions include border and trim
but exclude supports.
10.3 Lighting
10.3.1 Signs may be illuminated, subject to
the following restrictions:
10.3.1.1 Signs
which contain, include, or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent or
moving light or lights are prohibited.
10.3.1.2 Signs which are not effectively
shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any
portion of the traveled way of the NHS 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.
10.3.1.3
Signs so illuminated as to interfere with the effectiveness of or obscure an
official TCD are prohibited.
10.4 Spacing
10.4.1 The number and spacing of public
utility and railroad signs shall be limited to those customarily erected and
maintained as essential to the operation of a particular utility or
railroad.
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