New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Chapter IV - Highways
Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance
Part 150 - Advertising Signs Adjacent To The Interstate And Primary Highway Systems
Section 150.10 - Criteria for determining signs erected for the purpose of their message being read
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
The Department of Transportation shall use the following criteria to determine whether a sign has been erected with the purpose of its message being read from the main-traveled way:
(a) traffic counts, sign angle and size, message content, physical obstructions, and similar factors;
(b) distance from the controlled highway in relation to the size of the sign;
(c) exposure time (viewing time from main-traveled way in relation to the normal highway speed of traffic); and
(d) sales value of the sign attributable to advertising circulation on the controlled highway under the criteria of an independent circulation audit agency where such is available.
