Or. Admin. Code § 734-059-0050 - Signs in Protected Areas
(1) As
used in OAR chapter 734, division 059, unless the context of the rule requires
otherwise, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Center line of the highway" means the
line equidistant from the edges of the median separating the main-traveled ways
of a divided highway or is the center line of the main traveled way of a
nondivided highway.
(b) "Entrance
Road" means any public road, including acceleration lanes by which traffic may
enter the main-traveled way of an Interstate highway, irrespective of whether
traffic may also leave the main-traveled way by such road.
(c) "Exit Road" means any public road,
including deceleration lanes by which traffic may leave the main-traveled way
of an Interstate highway, irrespective of whether traffic may also enter the
main-traveled way by such road.
(d)
"Interstate System" means I-5, I-84, I-82, I-105, I-205, and I-405 within
Oregon's borders.
(e)
"Main-traveled way" means the traveled way of an Interstate Highway on which
through-traffic is carried. It does not include frontage or service
roads.
(f) "Traveled way" means the
portion of a roadway for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of
shoulders.
(2) Signs
Allowed in Protected Areas. Only the following signs may be erected or
maintained in protected areas of the Interstate System:
(a) Class 1: Official signs. Official signs
or notices erected and maintained by public officers or agencies pursuant to
and in accordance with authorization in State or Federal law, for the purpose
of carrying out an official duty or responsibility.
(b) Class 2: Signs that are not outdoor
advertising signs.
(c) Class 3:
Outdoor advertising signs, subject to the permit and other requirements of the
Oregon Motorist Information Act and these rules.
(d) Class 4: Temporary signs, subject to the
requirements of the Oregon Motorist Information Act.
(3) Prohibited Signs. The following signs are
not allowed in Protected Areas:
(a) Signs
that are illegal under ORS
377.720.
(b) Signs that exceed twenty feet in length,
width, or height, or exceed 150 square feet in area, except for those signs
that are not "outdoor advertising signs" as that term is defined in ORS
377.710.
(c) Signs that do not adhere to these
rules.
(d) Signs that do not adhere
to the other requirements of the Oregon Motorist Information Act (ORS
377.700-377.840 and
377.992).
(4) Measurement of Distances. Distances under
these rules are measured in the following manner:
(a) Distance from the edge or a right of way
shall be measured horizontally along a line normal or perpendicular to the
center line of the interstate highway.
(b) All distances for location of signs and
spacing requirements shall be measured along the center line of the interstate
highway between two vertical planes that are normal or perpendicular to and
intersect the center line of the interstate highway and that pass through the
termini of the measured distance.
(5) Number of Class 3 signs and spacing
requirements. The erection and maintenance of Class 3 signs within protected
areas shall not be allowed in any manner that is inconsistent with the
following:
(a) In advance of an intersection
of the main-traveled way of a protected area and an exit road, such signs will
not be permitted to exceed the following numbers: [Table not included. See ED.
NOTE.]
(b) Subject to the
provisions of subsection (a) of this section, not more than two such signs will
be permitted within any mile distance measured from any point, and no such
signs will be permitted to be less than two thousand feet apart.
(c) No class 3 sign will be permitted
adjacent to an exit road or entrance road.
(d) No class 3 sign will be permitted within
1000 feet of the furthest point of the intersection between the traveled way of
the entrance road and the main-traveled way of the interstate
highway.
Notes
Tables referenced are available from the agency.
Stat. Auth: ORS 184.616, 184.619, 377.710, 377.720
Stats. Implemented: ORS 377.710, 377.720
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