Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1680-03-04-.02 - DEFINITIONS
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
(2) "Conventional highway" means a highway
with at-grade intersections and without control of access.
(3) "Department" means the Tennessee
Department of Transportation.
(4)
"Eligibility distance" means the total roadway distance from the turn on the
state highway where the TODS sign is located to the entry driveway of the
tourist-oriented business; and, if necessary to break a tie between two
otherwise eligible businesses, the eligibility distance shall also include the
distance from the beginning of the entry driveway to the entry door of the
business.
(5) "Expressway" means a
divided highway with partial control of access and some grade-separated
interchanges rather than at-grade intersections.
(6) "Freeway" means a divided highway with
full control of access and grade-separated interchanges rather than at-grade
intersections.
(7) "Immediate area
of the business" means the area within a twenty-mile radius of the
business.
(8) "Local road" means a
city street or county road not on the state highway system.
(9) "MUTCD" means the United States
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, which is
adopted and incorporated by reference in Chapter 1680-3-1 of the Rules of the
Tennessee Department of Transportation.
(10) "Rural" means an area outside the limits
of an incorporated municipality having a population of 5,000 or more according
to the most recent decennial census of the United States Bureau of
Census.
(11) "State highway" means a
highway designated by the Department as part of the state highway system of the
State of Tennessee.
(12) "TODS sign"
means an official sign structure placed along the right-of-way of a state
highway that contains one or more TODS sign panels.
(13) "TODS sign panel" means an individual
sign panel on a TODS sign that identifies the name of a participating
tourist-oriented business, the direction of turn to reach the business, and the
distance to the business from the turn off of the state highway.
(14) "Tourist-oriented business" means a
private or public entity, including a publicly owned park, which offers lawful
cultural, historical, recreational, agricultural, educational, entertainment
and/or commercial activities, services or products to the general public, and
the major portion of whose income or visitors are derived during its normal
business season from highway users residing outside the immediate area of the
business.
(15) "Trailblazer sign"
means a secondary sign placed on the right-of-way of a local road that
indicates the need for and direction of an additional turn necessary to reach a
participating tourist-oriented business identified on a TODS
sign.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยง 54-5-1303.
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