Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 39 - Transportation, Department of
Rule 39.03.60 - RULES GOVERNING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, ACCIDENT MEMORIALS, AND OTHER OFFICIAL SIGNS
Section 39.03.60.340 - ADMINISTRATION

a. Application for permits to erect and maintain directional and official signs under this regulation shall be filed with the Idaho Transportation Department, Division of Highways. (3-31-22)

b. The approval of applications of directional signs is to be based on the following criteria: Nationally or regionally known activity of outstanding interest to the traveling public; location of activity relative to highway and proposed signing plan; dominant attraction must be for edification and enjoyment of motorist, not tourist-oriented business or for generation of activity income; and Attraction or Activity shall have drinking water and toilet facilities meeting the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare standards. (3-31-22)

c. The applicant of directional signs will furnish to the department the following data: Proposed sign plans including sign details, color, construction, shape, legend, lighting and location; letter of property owner approval of directional sign installation; department of Health and Welfare certification that water and toilet facilities meet Idaho standards; and documentation and explanation by applicant if it is a regionally known attraction or activity of outstanding interest to the traveling public. (3-31-22)

d. Applicants for directional signing will furnish to the department, on request, information relating to the limits of their advertising program, need of directional signing for the traveling public, number of public visits, and such other information as deemed appropriate to assure compliance with federal regulations and state law. The applicant or other representatives may appear before the Idaho Transportation Board in case of controversy. (3-31-22)

e. The applicant of community or bypassed community official signs will furnish the department the same information required in Subsection 340.01.c of this rule. (3-31-22)

a. Permit application forms may be secured at any office of the Idaho Transportation Department, Division of Highways. (3-31-22)

b. Permits will be issued annually expiring on December 31 each year, but can be issued for a period greater than one (1) year as a matter of convenience. (3-31-22)

c. The initial permit application fee is ten dollars ($10) with an annual renewal fee of three dollars ($3). The initial application fee is nonrefundable. A fee shall not be prorated for a fraction of a year or be refunded for the balance of a permit period if the sign is removed. (3-31-22)

d. A permit shall not be issued until the sign has been approved by the department. A valid permit may be transferred to another person or jurisdiction upon written notice to the department. (3-31-22)

e. A permit shall not be issued for a sign located adjacent to a fully-controlled access highway or freeway unless it has been determined that access to the sign can be obtained without violating the access control provisions of the highway. The department will cancel a permit and require removal of the sign if it is found that the sign has been erected, maintained or serviced from the highway right-of-way at those locations where the department has acquired rights of access to the highway or rights of access have not accrued to the abutting property. In addition, the department may recover from the sign owner or person erecting, maintaining or servicing the sign, the amount of damage of landscaping, sodding, fencing, ditching or other highway appurtenances resulting from such acts. (3-31-22)

f. The permit can be revoked by the state if the department determines that the applicant has knowingly supplied false or misleading information in his application for a permit or permit renewal. (3-31-22)

g. Service club, religious notice and community official signs will require a permit but the fees will be waived. For permit purposes, service club and religious notice structures may have more than one (1) face but not more than six (6) faces. (3-31-22)