Trans 201.05(2)(b)3.3. Maximum length—20 feet. All dimensions include border and trim, but exclude supports. Trans 201.05(2)(c)1.1. Signs which contain, include, or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights are prohibited. Trans 201.05(2)(c)2.2. Signs which are not effectively shielded so as to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled way of a controlled highway or which are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle, or which otherwise interfere with any driver’s operation of a motor vehicle are prohibited. Trans 201.05(2)(c)3.3. No sign may be so illuminated as to interfere with the effectiveness of or obscure an official traffic sign, device, or signal. Trans 201.05(2)(d)2.2. No directional sign may be located within 2,000 feet of an interchange or intersection at grade along the interstate system or other freeways (measured along the interstate or freeway from the nearest point of the beginning or ending of pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main traveled way). Trans 201.05(2)(d)3.3. No directional sign may be located within 2,000 feet of a rest area, parkland, or scenic area. Trans 201.05(2)(d)4.a.a. No 2 directional signs facing the same direction of travel shall be spaced less than 1 mile apart; Trans 201.05(2)(d)4.b.b. Not more than 3 directional signs pertaining to the same activity and facing the same direction of travel may be erected along a single route approaching the activity; Trans 201.05(2)(d)4.c.c. Signs located adjacent to the interstate system shall be within 75 air miles of the activity: and Trans 201.05(2)(d)4.d.d. Signs located adjacent to the primary system or Great River Road shall be within 50 air miles of the activity. Trans 201.05(2)(e)(e) Message content. The message on directional signs shall be limited to the identification of the attraction or activity and directional information useful to the traveler in locating the attraction, such as mileage, route numbers, or exit numbers. Descriptive words or phrases, and pictorial or photographic representations of the activity or its environs are prohibited. Trans 201.05(2)(f)1.1. Privately owned activities or attractions eligible for directional signing are limited to the following: natural phenomena; scenic attractions; historic, educational, cultural, scientific, and religious sites; and outdoor recreational areas. Trans 201.05(2)(f)2.2. To be eligible, privately owned attractions or activities must be nationally or regionally known, and of outstanding interest to the traveling public. Trans 201.05 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1972, No. 201, eff. 10-1-72; am. intro. and (1) (g) 2., Register, October, 1976, No. 250, eff. 11-1-76; am. (intro.), (2) (c) 2. and (d) 4., Register, May, 1977, No. 257, eff. 6-1-77; renum. from Hy 19.03 and am. intro. and (2) (d) 1., Register, July, 1980, No. 295, eff. 8-1-80; correction in (2) (b) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., Register, April, 2001, No. 544. Trans 201.06(1)(1) Signs visible from the main-traveled way of a controlled highway shall conform to the requirements of s. 84.30 (4), Stats., and to these rules. On non-freeway federal-aid primary highways outside of cities and villages, no sign may be adjacent to or within 300 feet of an interchange, intersection at grade, safety rest area, or wayside. Said 300 feet shall be measured along the highway from the beginning or ending of the pavement widening at the exit from or entrance to the main-traveled way of the primary highway. Trans 201.06(2)(2) In addition to the spacing criteria of s. 84.30 (4) (c), Stats., s. Trans 201.05 (2) (d), and sub. (1), a permit may not be issued for an otherwise eligible sign location if the erection of a sign at that location would obstruct motorists’ view of another lawfully erected sign. Trans 201.06 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1972, No. 201, eff. 10-1-72; renum. from Hy 19.04 and am. Register, July, 1980, No. 295, eff. 8-1-80; cr. (2), Register, July, 1983, No. 331, eff. 8-1-83. Trans 201.07(1)(1) Requests may be submitted to the department for permits to erect or maintain specific signs at defined locations in a manner to be visible from a travel lane of a controlled highway. A separate application shall be presented to describe each such sign proposed, shall be presented on forms furnished by the department, and shall include a $175 nonrefundable application fee and all information and exhibits which the application form requires. No permit fee may be required to amend or supplement a defective permit application for a particular location for which an application fee was paid, provided the amendment or supplemental materials are provided to the department within 60 days of denial of the permit application or a request for supplemental materials. Trans 201.07(2)(2) A new sign permit shall automatically expire one year after issuance if the sign permitted has not been erected and the permit holder has not received an extension from the department. The department may for good cause grant one 6-month extension of a new sign permit.