Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 603 - TRANSPORTATION CABINET
Chapter 5 - Traffic
Section 603 KAR 5:040 - Use of rest areas
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 177.230
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: This administrative regulation is considered necessary to preserve the original purpose of safety rest areas and to avoid dangerous traffic and pedestrian congestion within and around the safety rest areas.
Section 1. Time Limit; Restricted Uses.
Section 2. Animals shall not be allowed within buildings in such safety rest areas.
Section 3. The Transportation Cabinet may grant permits to exceed the limit in Section 1(1) of this administrative regulation upon application therefore showing that such permission will contribute to the safety of motorists. Persons actually engaged in work on such limited access facility requiring their presence at such safety rest area are excluded from the application of Section 1 of this administrative regulation.
Section 4. The Transportation Cabinet shall erect and maintain appropriate signs to adequately notify the public of the limitations provided for in this administrative regulation.
Section 5. "Safety rest areas" does not include service areas where commercial facilities are provided.
Section 6. Violators of any provision of this administrative regulation are subject to the penalty provided for in KRS 177.990(1).
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 174.080, 177.230