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1 Department of State For Department of State Use Only Division of Publications 312 Rosa L. Parks, 8th Floor Snodgrass/TN Tower Sequence Number: ll~0\-\1 Nashville, TN Notice ID(s): 2.Jli'\ Phone: File Date: _ \_\ /... Notice of Rulemaking Hearing l~/~l1~ - Hearings will be conducted in the manner prescribed by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, T. C.A For questions and copies of the notice, contact the person listed below. Agency/Board/Commission: Division: Contact Person: Tennessee Department of Transportation Traffic Operations Division John H. Reinbold, General Counsel Address: 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 300, Nashville, TN Phone: John.Reinbold tn.aov Any Individuals with disabilities who wish to participate in these proceedings (to review these filings) and may require aid to facilitate such participation should contact the following at least 10 days prior to the hearing: ADA Contact: MarQaret Z. Mahler, ADA Coordinator Address: 505 Deaderick Street, Suite 400, Nashville, TN Phone: ; TTY: Maraaret.Z.Mahler@tn.aov Hearing Location(s) (for additional locations, copy and paste table) Address 1: Address 2: City: Tennessee Department of Transportation, Region 3 Auditorium 6601 Centennial Boulevard Nashville, TN Zip: Hearing Date : January 4, 2018 Hearing Time: 1:00 p.m. I X CST/CDT EST/EDT I Additional Hearing Information: Location : From Briley Parkway (SR-155), take Exit 268 to Centennial Blvd. westbound. The Region 3 office complex is on the left. Go to the main administrative building (Building A). The Region 3 Auditorium is located on the first floor of Building A just inside the main doors. Public Comments: Public comments on the proposed rulemaking will be received at the public hearing beginning at 1 :00 p.m. CST on January 4, In addition, interested parties may submit written comments on or before 4:30 p.m. on January 4, 2018, by mail or to the following address: John H. Reinbold, General Counsel Tennessee Department of Transportation James K. Polk Building, 3rd Floor 505 Deaderick Street, Nashville, TN John.Reinbold@tn.gov A summary of the proposed rule revisions and a copy of Chapter as amended are available on the TOOT website at htt :// ov/tdot/calendar/ ublic-hearin s.

2 Revision Type (check all that apply): X Amendment New Repeal Rule(s) (ALL chapters and rules contained in filing must be listed. If needed, copy and paste additional tables to accommodate more than one chapter. Please enter only ONE Rule Number/Rule Title per row.) Chapter Number Chapter Title Specific Service Signs (Logo Sign Program) Rule Number Rule Title Preface Definitions Criteria for the Erection of Signs for the Logo Sign Program Services Permitted Measurements Application Process Sign Composition Business Logo Dimensions and Details (Place substance of rules and other info here. Statutory authority must be given for each rule change. For information on formatting rules go to rms/rulemaking Guidelines August2014.pdf) Rule is amended by deleting the rule in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the rule shall read: Preface. (1) Specific service signs (hereafter referred to as logo signs) provide the traveling public with business identification and directional information for essential motorist services. Logo signs will be permitted at interchanges on freeways that are located outside of the census boundary of cities of 100,000 or greater population as designated by the United States Bureau of Census in the most recent decennial federal census. (2) An interchange that became an eligible location under paragraph (1) shall remain an eligible interchange notwithstanding any subsequent changes in the population of the city or in the urbanized area boundary of such city. (3) In addition, logo signs will be permitted on freeways within the urbanized area boundary of cities of 100,000 or greater population as designated by the United States Bureau of Census in the most recent decennial federal census, upon written request by the local government, provided all the criteria are met as described in these rules. (4) The following rules set forth the criteria to be followed in the administration of the Logo Sign Program. If questions arise in the interpretation of these rules, the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Transportation, or the Commissioner's designee, will make the final administrative determination. These rules supersede all prior rules related to gas, food, lodging, and camping or attraction service signs. Rule is amended by deleting paragraph (2) in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the paragraph shall read : (2) Business means any facility, whether commercial or nonprofit, that is open to the public and provides one of the five qualifying motorist services eligible to participate in the Logo Sign Program. 2

3 Rule is amended by deleting the rule in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the rule shall read : Criteria for the Erection of Signs for the Logo Sign Program. (1) The Department will allow the erection and maintenance of signs for the Logo Sign Program in accordance with the MUTCD, these rules, and contract provisions. (2) Background Sign Panels - Mainline (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) To minimize the interference with the more critical regulatory, warning and guide signs, the background sign panels shall be erected at least eight hundred feet (800') in advance of the Exit Direction sign at the interchange. The desired spacing between each mainline background sign panel should be at least eight hundred feet (800'), and the mainline background sign panel shall not conflict or interfere with any other official highway guide sign. There shall be no more than a total of four (4) background sign panels along the approach to any interchange, in each direction of travel. Within the urbanized area boundary of cities of 100,000 or greater population as designated by the United States Bureau of Census in the most recent decennial federal census, the total number of background sign panels at each interchange may vary based on the space allowance, but the total number shall not exceed four. Priority will be as follows: first, Gas and/or Food; second, Lodging; and third, Attraction and/or Camping. Background sign panels shall not be installed at any directional interchange. A directional interchange is an interchange of two Interstate highways, or any other freeway-to-freeway interchange having comparable geometric design features. Each background sign panel shall display no more than six (6) logo signs. Each background sign panel shall display the word message Gas, Food, Lodging, Camping, or Attraction, as needed, based on the type of motorist services that may be available at the interchange. The background sign panels shall be erected in the following order in relation to the direction of travel: first, Attraction and/or Camping; second, Lodging; third, Food; and fourth, Gas (to the extent that each type of motorist service may be available at an interchange). Where a motorist service type is displayed on more than one background sign panel, the background sign panels for that motorist service should follow one another in succession if space is available. At interchange approaches having a single exit, each background sign panel shall bear the type of motorist service followed by the exit number (or directional information if unnumbered) on a line above the logo signs. U) At interchange approaches having a double exit: 1. The top section of the background sign panel shall bear the type of motorist service and exit number (or directional information in unnumbered) on a line above the logo signs for the businesses accessible from the first exit 2. The lower section of the background sign panel shall bear the type of motorist service and exit number (or directional information in unnumbered) on a line above the logo signs for the businesses accessible from the second exit. 3. When a motorist service is to be signed at only one of the two exits, one section of the background sign panel may be omitted or a single exit interchange background sign panel may be employed. 3

4 (3) Logo Signs - Mainline (c) An eligible business will have its logo signs installed at an interchange that provides it with the shortest eligibility distance. An eligible business may have logo signs installed at a second interchange, provided it meets all the requirements as set forth in these rules and the business does not prevent another eligible business from participating in the Logo Sign Program at that interchange. In the event that an eligible business provides more than one motorist service, it may be eligible to display a logo sign for each service it provides on the proper background sign panel at an interchange, provided the following conditions are met; 1. It meets all minimum criteria for the service, 2. It does not prevent participation by another business which offers a sole service and would otherwise qualify for placement on the background sign panel, and 3. Space is available on the background sign panel. (d) The placement of individual logo signs on all background sign panels should typically be as follows, except as provided in part 4 below: 1. All businesses that are accessible via a left turn from the exit ramp terminus should be placed first; 2. All businesses that are accessible via a right turn from the exit ramp terminus should be placed second; and 3. The logo signs of all businesses should be placed according to eligibility distance from each direction of turn, starting with the logo sign of the business with the shortest eligibility distance and going to the logo sign of the business with the greatest eligibility distance. 4. The actual placement of logo signs on a background sign panel may vary from this typical order of placement to the extent that one or more businesses may remove their logo signs and the logo signs of new businesses take their place; provided, however, that the typical order of placement should be restored whenever the background sign panel is refurbished. (e) (f) Ordinarily, each background sign panel will display logo signs for each separate type of motorist service, with one background sign panel for Gas, one for Food, one for Lodging, and one for Camping and/or Attractions, with up to six (6) logo signs for each type of motorist service on each background sign panel (or combination of motorist services in the case of Camping and Attractions). However, to the extent that eligible businesses applying for a logo sign in each type (or combined type) of motorist service may be underrepresented or overrepresented at each interchange, the Department may elect to display more than one type of motorist service on a single background sign panel and/or one type of motorist service on more than one background sign panel, subject to the following: 1. No single type of motorist service shall be represented on more than two (2) background sign panels, up to a maximum of twelve (12) logo signs for any single type of motorist service. Priority shall be given to the placement of logo signs on the background sign panel ordinarily assigned to that motorist service, up to a maximum of six (6) logo signs. 4

5 (ii) Additional logo signs for the overrepresented motorist service may be allowed to roll over onto a background sign panel that would ordinarily be assigned to a different motorist service, provided that the space allowed for the roll over logo signs shall be in a configuration allowing for two (2), three (3), four (4), or six (6) logo signs. 2. No more than three (3) types of motorist services shall be represented on any single background sign panel. (ii) If three (3) types of motorist services are displayed on one background sign panel, each type of motorist service shall be limited to two (2) logo signs. If two (2) types of motorist services are represented on one background sign panel, each motorist service shall be limited to either three (3) logo signs for each type or four (4) for one type and two (2) for the other type. 3. If an eligible business in a type of motorist service that has been unrepresented or underrepresented on a background sign panel applies for a logo sign, it shall be given priority for placement on the background sign panel that would ordinarily be assigned to that type of motorist service. (ii) One or more businesses with a "roll-over" logo sign may be removed at the end of their logo sign contract periods as necessary to make space for the eligible business in the type of motorist service that would ordinarily be assigned to that background sign panel. The "roll-over'' businesses subject to removal shall be, first, any business that is only partially qualified, and then any business having the furthest eligibility distance from the interchange. (4) Background Sign Panels and Logo Signs at Exit Ramps Exit ramp background sign panels shall not be erected where the ramp terminus offers no options for turns. However, where no businesses are visible from the terminus, the Department's contractor may install trailblazer signs at a location determined by the Department and in conformance to specifications for trailblazer signs. All businesses displayed on a mainline background sign panel shall also be displayed on an exit ramp background sign panel if the businesses are not readily visible from the ramp terminus. (5) Trailblazer Signs 1. Exit ramp background sign panels shall consist of a motorist service legend and logo signs identical to, but smaller than, the logo signs displayed on the mainline background sign panel. 2. The arrangement of individual logo signs on an exit ramp background sign panel will be the same as the arrangement of logo signs as stipulated in subparagraph (3)(d) above. 3. There will be directional arrows and mileage to each business on the exit ramp background sign panels at single exit interchanges. (See Rule , Figure 2.) Specific service trailblazer signs shall be installed along crossroads where the route to the business requires a direction change, where it is questionable as to which roadway to follow, or where additional guidance is needed. Where it is not feasible or practical to install Specific Service trailblazer signs to such businesses, those businesses shall not be considered eligible for signing from the ramp and main roadway. A Specific Service trailblazer sign shall not be required at the point where the business is visible from the roadway and is access is readily 5

6 apparent. 1. Where the road on which the trailblazer sign is needed is a state highway, the qualifying business will furnish the contractor with the appropriate trailblazer signs. The contractor will erect and maintain all trailblazer signs. 2. Where the road on which the trailblazer sign is needed is a city or county road, it shall be the responsibility of the business to make arrangements with the appropriate local governmental agency allowing the contractor to erect and maintain the trailblazer sign(s). (c) (d) (e) Trailblazer signs shall consist of a logo sign identical to but smaller than a mainline logo and a supplemental directional arrow and mileage sign. (See Rule , Figures 3 and 4, for sign specifications.) The location of other traffic control devices shall take precedence over the location of a Specific Service trailblazer sign. When used, each Specific Service trailblazer sign or sign assembly shall be limited to no more than four logo sign panels. The logo sign panels on Specific Service trailblazer signs shall be duplicates of those displayed on the Specific Service ramp signs. Appropriate legends, such as directional arrows or the word message NEXT RIGHT or SECOND RIGHT, shall be displayed with the logo sign panel to provide proper guidance. The directional legend and border shall be white and shall be displayed on a blue background. Rule is amended by deleting the rule in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the rule shall read: Services Permitted. (1) A business is eligible to participate in the Logo Sign Program provided that it offers at least one of the specific motorist services (Gas, Food, Lodging, Camping or Attraction) and it meets the applicable minimum criteria set forth in Rule (2) Eligible motorist service facilities shall comply with the laws concerning the provision of public accommodations without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, or national origin, and the laws concerning the granting of licenses and approvals for motorist service facilities. (3) The types of motorist service facilities shall be limited to gas, food, lodging, camping or attraction. To qualify for the Logo Sign Program and to display a logo sign on a background sign panel, the following minimum criteria must be met. Gas To qualify for a "Gas" logo sign, a business shall: 1. Offer vehicle services, which shall include fuel, oil, air and water; 2. Provide drinking water suitable for public use and one or more clean public rest rooms, which must be available during all hours the facility is open to the public; 3. Have continuous operation at least sixteen (16) hours per day and seven (7) days a week; and 4. Be located not more than three (3) miles from the PPOI and meet the requirements set forth in Rule Food 6

7 To qualify for a "Food" logo sign, a business shall: 1. Have a valid permit as required by the Hotel, Food Service Establishment and Swimming Pool Inspection Act of 1985, codified in T.C.A. Title 68, Chapter 14, Part 3, and h ave all other licenses and approvals as required by local governmental bodies; 2. Have continuous operation at least six (6) days a week and opening not later than 7:00 a.m., serving breakfast, and closing no earlier than 8:00 p.m.; and provided that a business which is only open six (6) days a week must identify the day of closure on its logo (e.g., "Closed Sunday") with six inch letters located on the lower one third of the business logo which contrast in color to the color of the logo background; 3. Provide on-premise seating for at least twenty-five (25) persons, or in the case of drivein food establishments, provide service capacity for at least twenty-five (25) persons; 4. Provide one or more clean public rest rooms, which must be available during all hours the facility is open to the public; and 5. Be located not more than three (3) miles from the PPOI and meet the requirements as set forth in Rule If space is available, a food service business shall not be excluded from participating in the Logo Sign Program because the business does not serve breakfast. Such a food service business that meets all other criteria shall be considered partially qualified, and it may occupy any available space on a Food background sign panel if doing so would not exclude a business that does serve breakfast. 7. Food service businesses qualified for a logo sign as of July 1, 2001, shall remain qualified thereafter and shall not be bumped by another food service business as long as all required fees are paid, unless the Department elects to award advertising space under a competitive selection process. (c) Lodging To qualify for a "Lodging" logo sign, a business shall: 1. Have all appropriate State and local licenses or approvals; 2. Provide off-street parking; 3. Have a minimum of twenty (20) sleeping units; 4. Provide a private entrance and a rest room with hot and cold running water and a tub or shower for each sleeping unit; 5. Have continuous operation twenty-four (24) hours a day; and 6. Be located not more than three (3) miles from the PPOI, and meet the requirements as set forth in Rule (d) Camping To qualify for a "Camping" logo sign, a business shall: 1. Have all appropriate State and local licenses and approvals, including health permits; 2. Have continuous operation for at least six (6) months of the year, and provided that: The contract between the business and the contractor shall specify the seasonal 7

8 opening and closing dates of operation for the campground, and the logo signs of tile business shall indicate the specific dates that the campground is open for operation; and (ii) The business will be required to pay the total annual fee to the contractor regardless of the number of months of operation; 3. Provide a minimum of ten (10) individual campsites, each having accommodations for potable water and electrical hook-ups for conventional travel trailers, tents and campers; 4. Provide parking spaces for each campsite; 5. Have a minimum area of three hundred square feet (300 sq. ft.) for each campsite; 6. Provide a sanitary disposal system for travel trailers and campers; 7. Provide shower facilities with hot and cold running water and clean public rest rooms; 8. Provide a full-time attendant on duty or on call twenty-four (24) hours a day to maintain and manage campground services; and 9. Be located not more than fifteen (15) miles from the PPOI and meet the requirements as set forth in Rule ( e) Attraction To qualify for an "Attraction" logo sign, a business shall have the primary purpose of providing amusement, historical, cultural, or leisure activities of regional significance to the public, and in addition the business shall: 1. Provide adequate parking for the facility with a minimum of twenty (20) spaces; 2. Have year-round operation and be open to the public at least five (5) days a week, including at least one day on the weekend, except as specifically provided in part 6 below; 3. Be located not more than fifteen ( 15) miles from the PPOI and meet the requirements as set forth in Rule ; 4. Provide one or more clean public rest rooms, which must be available during all hours the facility is open to the public; and 5. Be open to members of the public of all age groups, and excluding businesses open only to adults. 6. Categories of businesses eligible for an Attraction sign, subject to criteria established in parts 1-5 of this subparagraph (e}, may include: (ii) (iii) Arenas or stadiums (must be a permanent facility with a seating capacity of at least 2,000; not subject to the requirement in part 2 above to be open five days per week); Cultural centers (must be a permanent facility for the performing arts with a seating capacity of at least 2,000; not subject to the requirement in part 2 above to be open five days per week); Amusement parks (must be a permanent facility that, at a minimum, offers food services, rides, and other entertainment); 8

9 (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x) (xi) (xii) (xiii) (xiv) (xv) Zoos or aquariums (must be a permanent facility for the exhibition of living creatures); Race tracks (must be a permanent facility for organized racing events with a seating capacity of at least 2,000; not subject to the requirement in part 2 above to be open five days per week); Historical sites (must be a structure or site on the National Historic Register and open to the public for regularly scheduled tours and information); Museums (must be a permanent facility for the exhibition of significant works of artistic, historic, or scientific value); Arts or crafts (must be a permanent facility for the exhibition, demonstration, and instruction of and regarding local arts and crafts); Wineries, breweries, or distilleries (must be a permanent facility, licensed by the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission, that produces and distributes fermented and distilled or un-distilled alcoholic beverages and offers tours and tastings to visitors); Golf courses (must be a permanent facility open to the public that offers at least nine holes of play); Recreational areas (must be a permanent facility such as a park, hiking trail, or sports facility that is open to the general public during regularly scheduled business hours, without any reservation requirement, for recreational and sporting activities, including without limitation golf driving ranges, archery ranges, shooting ranges, ski areas, miniature golf ranges, horseback riding stables, etc.); Shopping malls (must have a minimum of fifty (50) businesses within a single comprehensive facility); Antique malls (must have a minimum of twenty (20) vendor booths within, and each accessible from the interior of, a single building facility containing at least 3,000 square feet); Flea markets (must have a minimum of fifty (50) vendor booths within, and each accessible from the interior of, a single building facility; not subject to the requirement in part 2 above to be open five days per week); and Tours (must operate on a regular, daily schedule within or from a single permanent facility, and the tour must have the primary purpose to educate the public regarding matters of historic, cultural, or scientific interest along the tour route, or to exhibit manufacturing or other processes conducted within the facility, and not primarily for the purpose of soliciting or promoting commercial transactions). 7. Special categories of facilities eligible for Attraction signing under specific alternative minimum criteria include: (ii) Antique districts (must have at least four (4) antique retail shops located within easy walking distance from a single parking location; provided, however, that the minimum parking criteria for a single facility established in part 1 of this subsection (e) shall not apply to each antique retail shop so long as adequate public parking is readily available within the district, and that all other minimum criteria established in parts 2-5 of this subparagraph (e) shall apply to each antique retail shop within the district); and Historic districts (must have at least four (4) historic sites, each of which must be listed on the National Historic Register and open to the public for regularly 9

10 scheduled guided or self-guided tours, within easy walking distance from a single parking location, and there must be trailblazing signs directing visitors to a centrally located information center or self-service kiosk where information concerning the historic district and a map for any self-guided tours can be obtained; provided, that the minimum parking criteria for a single facility established in part 1 of this subsection (e) shall not apply to each historic site so long as adequate public parking is readily available within the district, and that all other minimum criteria established in parts 2-5 of this subparagraph (e) shall apply to each historic site within the district; and provided further, that no business included within the historic district shall be eligible for an individual logo sign). 8. A business that meets all criteria set forth above will be considered "fully qualified." A business that is open seasonally at least six (6) months out of the year but meets all other criteria set forth in parts 1-5 of this subparagraph (e) and is an eligible business or facility under part 6 or 7 will be considered "partially qualified." A fully qualified business shall have priority over a partially qualified business. If a business is approved for the space as a fully qualified business, but then changes to become only partially qualified, said business may have its contract revoked. 9. An attraction shall not be eligible to participate in the Logo Sign Program if a guide sign has been erected for the attraction in accordance with Chapter , Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices - Supplemental Rules for Guide Signs on Freeways, Expressways and Conventional Highways, if such participation would prevent another business from participating in the Logo Sign Program. Authority: T.C.A and Rule is amended by deleting the rule in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the rule shall read: Measurements. For the purpose of determining which business in each category will receive priority for the Logo Sign Program, the following will apply; (1) The business having the shortest eligibility distance from the PPOI will have priority. In the event that two businesses have the same eligibility distance, the business with the shortest priority distance will have preference. This process will continue in ascending order as the eligibility distance increases from the PPOI until all positions on the background sign panel are filled. (2) To qualify, the business must meet one of the following criteria: Gas, food and lodging : 1. The business shall be located on the crossroad within three (3) miles of the PPOI, and either the business or its on-premise sign shall be readily identifiable from the crossroad. 2. If the crossroad is less than three (3) miles in length and terminates with a thoroughfare, a business may qualify provided it is located on the thoroughfare and is three (3) miles or less from the PPOI and either the business or its on-premise sign is readily identifiable from the thoroughfare. (See Rule , Figure 9) Campgrounds and attractions: A campground or attraction shall be located within fifteen (15) miles of the PPOI. 10

11 Rule is amended by adding the following language as a new paragraph (7): (7) The applicants and business participants in the Logo Sign Program shall agree to hold harmless the State of Tennessee, the Department of Transportation, and its employees for any loss of business caused by any damage to or removal of background sign panels, logo signs or trailblazer signs. Rule O is amended by deleting the rule in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the rule shall read : Logo Sign Composition. (1) A logo shall be either an identification symbol/trademark or a word message. Each logo shall be placed on a separate logo sign panel attached to Specific Service sign. (2) Symbols or trademarks shall be reproduced in the colors and shape consistent with customary use, and any integral legend shall be proportional in size. (3) Messages, symbols and trademarks which resemble any official traffic control device are prohibited. (4) Descriptive advertising words, phrases, or slogans shall not be allowed on any logo sign, except to indicate dates of operation of eligible camping or attractions businesses that are open on a seasonal basis, to indicate that a business is "open 24 hours," or that a business offers "diesel" or "auto diesel fuel," or other as approved by the Department. If more than two (2) descriptive words, phrases, or slogans are requested, approval must be obtained from the Department. Rule is amended by deleting the rule in its entirety and substituting the following language so that as amended the rule shall read: Sign Dimensions and Details. ( 1) Background panels. All background sign panels and trailblazer background panels shall have a blue background, a white border, and white legends of upper-case letters, numbers, and arrows. All background sign panels and trailblazer background panels shall be fabricated from encapsulated lens reflective or micro-prismatic sheeting and shall meet Tennessee Standard Specification , material Type II. (2) Logo signs. (c) (d) (e) Logo signs furnished to the contractor shall be constructed of aluminum, inches thick, and conforming to American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)-B 209 Alloy T6 or The logo sign blanks shall be flat and contain no visible lateral bow. The logo sign shall be fabricated from encapsulated lens or micro-prismatic reflective sheeting and shall meet Tennessee Standard Specification , material Type II. The process color used for screening the business logo on the encapsulated lens or micro-prismatic background shall be as recommended by the manufacturer of the reflective sheeting. Mainline business logo signs for all types of services will be 48" x 36" in size, 0.080" in thickness, and will have a 3" border radius and a 1 /4" border width. Exit ramp business logo signs for all types of services will be 24" x 18" in size, 0.080" in 11

12 thickness, and will have a 1 1/2" border radius and a 3/8" border width. (f) Trailblazer logo signs will be 24" x 18" in size, 0.080" in thickness, and will have a 1 1/2" border radius and a 3/8" border width. 12

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