Ohio Admin. Code 5501:2-6-03 - Location eligibility, sign requirements

(A) Interchanges are eligible for the placement of specific service signs under the business logo sign program if they do not meet any of the criteria for exclusion listed in paragraph (B) of this rule. No tourist-oriented directions signs or trailblazer markers shall be placed at interchanges on state system expressways and freeways but may be placed within the rights-of-way of those portions of rural state highways that are not on the interstate system and at at-grade intersections on expressways.

(1) If the intersection crossroad is not a rural state highway, the program manager will notify the appropriate governmental authority that tourist-oriented directional signs will be erected directing traffic across their roadway facility. If trailblazing signs are required, the program manager shall obtain consent legislation or written permission from the appropriate local legislative body. The form, content and any modifications or special clauses to the consent legislation shall have the prior approval of the director and will not be considered binding without such approval.

(2) If trailblazing signs are required for a tourist-oriented activity and permission for erecting trailblazing signs cannot be obtained from the appropriate local authorities having jurisdiction, that particular activity will not be eligible for tourist-oriented directional signs at that intersection.

(B) All other location eligibility, criteria, sign requirements, and sign specifications will be determined by the director based upon the manual of uniform traffic control devices, the department traffic engineering manual and sound engineering practices.

(B) Those locations where specific service signs will not be permitted are as follows:

(1) At freeway to freeway interchanges.

(2) On divided, multi-lane, limited access highways at interchanges with freeways.

This does not preclude the installation of specific service signs on freeways at interchanges with divided, multi-lane, limited access highways.

(3) Where motorists cannot conveniently re-enter the freeway or divided, multi-lane, limited access highway in the same direction of travel.

(4) Where insufficient space exists to install any specific service signs on either the exit ramps or the mainline. Where insufficient space exists to install the maximum of four specific service signs, the signs shall be erected in the available space with the following priority: gas, food, lodging, camping, and attraction.

(C) Any interchange not eligible for specific service signs in one direction may be eligible for specific service signs in the other direction if the criteria of this rule are met.

(D) When an interchange is located near a state border, written permission from the appropriate officials of the adjacent state shall be obtained prior to erecting specific service signs in that state.

(E) Any reasonable variances as to the location of the sign may be made by the director.

Notes

Ohio Admin. Code 5501:2-6-03

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 12/18/2023 and 12/18/2028
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4511.101, 4511.103, 4511.108
Rule Amplifies: 4511.101, 4511.103, 4511.105, 4511.106
Prior Effective Dates: 09/15/1991, 03/14/1996, 10/06/1997, 07/16/1999, 08/03/2001, 01/11/2013, 04/23/2018, 12/20/2020, 04/13/2023

Effective: 4/13/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 4/23/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4511.101, 4511.103, 4511.108
Rule Amplifies: 4511.101, 4511.103, 4511.105, 4511.106
Prior Effective Dates: 09/15/1991, 03/14/1996, 10/06/1997, 07/16/1999, 08/03/2001, 01/11/2013, 04/23/2018, 12/20/2020