Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 39 - Transportation, Department of
Rule 39.03.60 - RULES GOVERNING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, ACCIDENT MEMORIALS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL SIGNS
Section 39.03.60.301 - STANDARDS FOR DIRECTIONAL SIGNS
Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 39.03.60.301
Current through August 31, 2023
01. Prohibited Directional Signs. The following directional signs are prohibited: (3-31-22)
a. Signs advertising
activities that are illegal under federal or state laws or regulations in
effect at the location of those signs or at the location of those activities.
(3-31-22)
b. 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.
(3-31-22)
c. Signs which are
erected or maintained upon trees or painted or drawn upon rocks or other
natural features. (3-31-22)
d.
Signs which are structurally unsafe or in disrepair. (3-31-22)
e. Signs which move or have any animated or
moving parts. (3-31-22)
f. Signs
located in rest areas, parklands, or scenic areas. (3-31-22)
g. Signs that advertise or call attention to
an activity or attraction no longer in existence and/or abandoned or obsolete
signs. (3-31-22)
h. Signs not
maintained in a neat, clean, and attractive condition or in good repair.
(3-31-22)
i. Signs not designed to
withstand a wind pressure of thirty (30) pounds per square foot of exposed
surface. (3-31-22)
j. A sign
installation that has not been issued an annual permit.
(3-31-22)
02. Size of Directional Signs. (3-31-22)
a.
Signs shall not exceed the following limits: Maximum area, one hundred and
fifty (150) square feet; maximum height twenty (20) feet; maximum length,
twenty (20) feet. (3-31-22)
b. All
dimensions include border and trim, but exclude supports.
(3-31-22)
03. Spacing of Directional Signs. (3-31-22)
a. Each location of a sign must be approved
by the department and the property owner on whose property the sign is
installed. (3-31-22)
b. A sign may
not be located within two thousand (2,000) feet of an interchange, 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), or located within one thousand
(1,000) feet of an intersection of a primary route with another designated
federal-aid route. (3-31-22)
c. A
sign may not be located within two thousand (2,000) feet of a rest area, park
land, or scenic area. (3-31-22)
d.
A sign shall not be located within one (1) mile of any other directional sign
facing the same direction of travel. (3-31-22)
e. Not more than three (3) signs pertaining
to the same activity and facing the same direction of travel may be erected
along a single route approaching the activity. (3-31-22)
f. Signs located adjacent to the interstate
system shall be within seventy-five (75) air miles of the activity.
(3-31-22)
g. Signs located adjacent
to the primary system shall be within fifty (50) air miles of the activity.
(3-31-22)
04. Message Content. 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. (3-31-22)
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