[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR750.105]

[Page 371-372]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 750--HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--National Standards for Regulation by States of Outdoor 
   Advertising Adjacent to the Interstate System Under the 1958 Bonus 
                                 Program
 
Sec. 750.105  Signs that may be permitted in protected areas.

    (a) Erection or maintenance of the following signs may be permitted 
in protected areas:

    Class 1--Official signs. Directional or other official signs or 
notices erected and maintained by public officers or agencies pursuant 
to and in accordance with direction or authorization contained in State 
of Federal law, for the purpose of carrying out an official duty or 
responsibility.
    Class 2--On-premise signs. Signs not prohibited by State law which 
are consistent with the applicable provisions of this section and 
Sec. 750.108 and which advertise the sale or lease of, or activities 
being conducted upon, the real property where the signs are located.
    Not more than one such sign advertising the sale or lease of the 
same property may be permitted under this class in such manner as to be 
visible to traffic proceeding in any one direction on any one Interstate 
Highway.
    Not more than one such sign, visible to traffic proceeding in any 
one direction on any one Interstate Highway and advertising activities 
being conducted upon the real property where the sign is located, may be 
permitted under this class more than 50 feet from the advertised 
activity.
    Class 3--Signs within 12 miles of advertised activities. Signs not 
prohibited by State law which are consistent with the applicable 
provisions of this section and Secs. 750.106, 750.107, and 750.108 and 
which advertise activities being conducted within 12 air miles of such 
signs.

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    Class 4--Signs in the specific interest of the traveling public. 
Signs authorized to be erected or maintained by State law which are 
consistent with the applicable provisions of this section and 
Secs. 750.106, 750.107, and 750.108 and which are designed to give 
information in the specific interest of the traveling public.

    (b) A Class 2 or 3 sign, except a Class 2 sign not more than 50 feet 
from the advertised activity, that displays any trade name which refers 
to or identifies any service rendered or product sold, used, or 
otherwise handled more than 12 air miles from such sign may not be 
permitted unless the name of the advertised activity which is within 12 
air miles of such sign is displayed as conspicuously as such trade name.
    (c) Only information about public places operated by Federal, State, 
or local governments, natural phenomena, historic sites, areas of 
natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation and 
places for camping, lodging, eating, and vehicle service and repair is 
deemed to be in the specific interest of the traveling public. For the 
purposes of the standards in this part, a trade name is deemed to be 
information in the specific interest of the traveling public only if it 
identifies or characterizes such a place or identifies vehicle service, 
equipment, parts, accessories, fuels, oils, or lubricants being offered 
for sale at such a place. Signs displaying any other trade name may not 
be permitted under Class 4.
    (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of this section, 
Class 2 or Class 3 signs which also qualify as Class 4 signs may display 
trade names in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) of this 
section.