Or. Admin. Code § 733-030-0430 - Eligibility Criteria

(1) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business identified on a sign must give written assurance to the Council of its conformity with all applicable laws concerning the provision of public accommodations without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, or national origin and meet all applicable Federal and State Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines.

(2) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must have an appropriate business and health department licensing where required.

(3) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business may not be located more than 3 miles from an interchange with an Interstate, Freeway and Expressway. Greater distances, in 3-mile increments up to a maximum of 15 miles may be considered for interchanges in very sparsely developed rural areas where eligible businesses are not available within the 3-mile limit.

(4) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must be accessible via a route that can safely and conveniently accommodate vehicles of the types, sizes, and weights that would be traveling to the business, entering and leaving the business, returning to the Interstate, Freeway and Expressway, and continuing in the original direction of travel.

(5) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must have physical geometry of site layout, including parking areas and ingress/egress points, that can safely and efficiently accommodate movements into and out of the site, onsite circulation, and parking by all vehicles, including heavy trucks of the types, sizes, and weights anticipated to use the business.

(6) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must have restrooms available to the public at all times (24 hours per day, 365 days per year). Restrooms must be modern and sanitary and must have drinking water. The restrooms and drinking water must be available at no charge or obligation.

(7) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must have parking spaces available to the public for 50 automobiles and 50 heavy trucks. The parking spaces must be well lit and must be available at no charge or obligation for parking durations of up to 10 hours or more, in sufficient numbers for the various vehicle types, including heavy trucks.

(8) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must provide products and services to the public. These products and services must include: public telephone; food (vending, snacks, fast food, and/or full service); and fuel, oil, and water for automobiles, trucks, and other motor vehicles.

(9) Each qualified Interstate Oasis business must be staffed by at least one person on duty at all times (24 hours per day, 365 days per year).

(10) In cases where no single business near an interchange meets all the eligibility criteria, the Council may allow the criteria to be satisfied by a combination of two or more businesses located immediately adjacent to each other and easily accessible on foot from each other's parking lots via pedestrian walkways compliant with ADA and that do not require crossing a public highway.

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Or. Admin. Code § 733-030-0430

TIC 2-2009, f. & cert. ef. 6-1-09; TIC 1-2014, f. & cert. ef. 11-5-14

Stat. Auth.: ORS 377.787

Stats. Implemented: ORS 377.710, 377.790-377.830, 377.833-377.836 & 377.838 - 377.845