New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 42 - SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS
Section 16:42-2.1 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Acknowledgment plaque" means a plaque that is intended only to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary payment has been sponsored by a person, firm, or entity. Acknowledgment plaques are installed only in the same sign assembly below a primary sign that provides the road user specific information on accessing the service being sponsored. Consistent with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), a plaque legend is displayed on a separate substrate from that of the sign below which it is mounted. The substrate refers to the backing material that the sign plate is made from.
"Acknowledgement sign" means an official sign placed within the right-of-way as allowed by 27:1A-5 and 27:7-44.1 8 et seq., and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Policy on Sponsorship and Agreements within the Public Right-of-Way, as amended or superseded. Acknowledgement signs shall meet all design and placement guidelines for acknowledgement signs as covered in Part 2 of the MUTCD, and all sign design principles covered in the most current edition of the "Standard Highway Signs and Markings Book" as published by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. Acknowledgement signs are intended only to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary payment has been sponsored by a person, firm, or entity.
"Advertising sign" means a sign that is intended to promote commercial products or services through the use of slogans and information and provides information for obtaining those products or services.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation or such person as the Commissioner may designate, when legally permissible.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
"Frontage road" means a service road, usually parallel to the State highway, designed to reduce the number of streets and driveways that intersect a State highway.
"Highway" means any street or roadway that is open to public travel and includes, but is not limited to, the street or roadway, shoulders, and sidewalks; the airspace above and below the street or roadway; areas for drainage, utilities, landscaping, berms, and fencing; and rest areas and service areas.
"Main-traveled way" means the traveled way of a highway on which through traffic is carried. In the case of a divided highway, the traveled way of each separate roadway carrying through traffic is a main-traveled way. The main-traveled way shall not include frontage roads.
"Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices" or "MUTCD" means the 2009 edition of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The MUTCD is available at: http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/.
"Rest area" means an area or site established and maintained within or adjacent to the right-of-way of an interstate, freeway-primary, or primary highway for the safety, recreation, and convenience of the traveling public.
"Right-of-way" means highway property and property rights, including easements, owned and controlled by the Department.
"Sign legend" means all word messages, logos, pictographs, and symbol and arrow designs that are intended to convey specific meanings. The border, if any, on a sign is not considered to be a part of the legend.
"Sponsor" means a person or persons, firm, or entity that has entered into a sponsorship agreement with the Department pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
"Sponsorship agreement" means an agreement between the Department and a sponsor where the Department receives a highway- related service, product, or a payment in exchange for the acknowledgement of that sponsor through an acknowledgment sign or plaque along highways or rest areas under the jurisdiction and control of the Department, or other acknowledgment on Department equipment, materials, or vehicles that will publicly recognize each sponsorship activity.
"Sponsorship program" means a program administered by the Department that complies with pertinent Federal laws, rules, regulations, and orders, and allows the sponsorship of Department operational activities or other highway-related services or programs through the provision of a highway-related service, product, or payment.
