Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Subtitle 04 - STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 11.04.10 - Specific Information or Business Signs
Section 11.04.10.03 - General Requirements for All Signing
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 6, March 22, 2024
A. The specific services signing program applies only to expressways along the Maryland State highway system.
B.
(Repealed)
C. Logo signs are motorist information signs, therefore, advertising may not be permitted on the logo sign.
D. Placement and Maintenance of Logo Signs.
E. Specific services signs may not be considered for placement at those interchanges which do not provide direct re-entry to the mainline.
E-1. Number of Logo Signs.
F. Business to Provide Logo Sign Plates.
G. All sign maintenance activities will be performed at the discretion of the Administration. Maintenance will be performed by the Administration or its contractors.
H. Eligible service establishments may not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, nationality, or creed.
I. Eligible service establishments shall conform with all applicable State and local laws with regard to licensing and operation.
J. Logos will be placed on specific services signs on the basis of those establishments closest to the interchange.
K. In those instances in which the maximum capacity of the specific services signs has been reached and an additional qualified business is established closer to the interchange, the following procedure will be effective:
L. Changes in service resulting in non-compliance with the requirements of this program will result in notification that signs shall be removed if the situation is not corrected within 30 days. There shall be no refund of fees under these circumstances.
M. Spacing between mainline signs shall be at least 800 feet and spacing between ramp signs shall be at least 100 feet.
N. Distance from gore to the first ramp sign shall be at least 100 feet.
O. Measurements to services are referenced to the gore, or if more than one, to the first gore.
P. Specific services signs are not advertising signs but are traffic control devices. Local zoning regulations may not apply.
Q. Specific services signs and generic motorist services symbols may be used at the same intersection. However, for any one specific service type, both logos and generic motorist services symbols may not be used.
R. In the event that specific services signs are not sought at a qualifying interchange, the generic motorist services symbols shall be used. Should one or more business at a qualifying interchange opt for a specific services sign, the generic motorist services symbols for that type of service or services shall then be removed. However, the generic motorist services symbols for the other service or services will remain.
S. In deciding the distance and routing to a particular service where two or more interchanges are closely spaced, the interchange best serving the public through better road alignment, higher class highway, and more direct access will be used for the placing of the specific services signing. Along any one highway only one access point shall be signed for any one specific service establishment per direction.