[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR750.107]

[Page 356-357]
 
                           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. 750.107  Class 3 and 4 signs outside informational sites.

    (a) The erection or maintenance of the following signs may be 
permitted within protected areas, outside informational sites:
    (1) Class 3 signs which are visible only to Interstate highway 
traffic not served by an informational site within 12 air miles of the 
advertised activity;

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    (2) Class 4 signs which are more than 12 miles from the nearest 
panel within an informational site serving Interstate highway traffic to 
which such signs are visible.
    (3) Signs that qualify both as Class 3 and 4 signs may be permitted 
in accordance with either paragraph (a)(1) or (2) of this section.
    (b) The erection or maintenance of signs permitted under paragraph 
(a) of this section may not be permitted in any manner inconsistent with 
the following:
    (1) In protected areas in advance of an intersection of the main-
traveled way of an Interstate highway and an exit roadway, such signs 
visible to Interstate highway traffic approaching such intersection may 
not be permitted to exceed the following number:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Distance from intersection                Number of signs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
0-2 miles................................  0.
2-5 miles................................  6.
More than 5 miles........................  Average of one sign per mile.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


The specified distances shall be measured to the nearest point of the 
intersection of the traveled way of the exit roadway and the main-
traveled way of the Interstate highway.
    (2) Subject to the other provisions of this paragraph, not more than 
two such signs may be permitted within any mile distance measured from 
any point, and no such signs may be permitted to be less than 1,000 feet 
apart.
    (3) Such signs may not be permitted in protected areas adjacent to 
any Interstate highway right-of-way upon any part of the width of which 
is constructed an entrance or exit roadway.
    (4) Such signs visible to Interstate highway traffic which is 
approaching or has passed an entrance roadway may not be permitted in 
protected areas for 1,000 feet beyond the furthest point of the 
intersection between the traveled way of such entrance roadway and the 
main-traveled way of the Interstate highway.
    (5) No such signs may be permitted in scenic areas.
    (6) Not more than one such sign advertising activities being 
conducted as a single enterprise or giving information about a single 
place may be permitted to be erected or maintained in such manner as to 
be visible to traffic moving in any one direction on any one Interstate 
highway.
    (c) No Class 3 or 4 signs other than those permitted by this section 
may be permitted to be erected or maintained within protected areas, 
outside informational sites.