Trans 200.015 Trans 200.015 Definitions.

Trans 200.015(1) (1) The definitions of words and phrases in chs. 84, 86, 340 and 990, Stats., except s. 990.01 (12), Stats., apply to this chapter unless a different definition is specifically provided.

Trans 200.015(2) (2) In this chapter:

Trans 200.015(2)(a) (a) “Business sign” means a separately attached sign mounted on a specific information sign to show the brand, symbol, trademark or name, or combination of these, for a motorist service available on a crossroad at or near an interchange or an intersection. Each sign on an exit ramp sign under s. Trans 200.06 (7) (a) 4. is a separate business sign.

Trans 200.015(2)(b) (b) “Conventional highway” means a highway that is neither a freeway nor an expressway.

Trans 200.015(2)(f) (f) “Double-exit interchange” means a highway interchange facility with 2 exit ramps for traffic approaching the interchange from the same direction with one exit ramp leading to one direction of travel on the intersecting highway and the other exit ramp leading to the opposite direction of travel on the intersecting highway.

Trans 200.015(2)(g) (g) “Erect” means to construct, manufacture, fabricate, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish a sign or sign structure, but it does not include any of the foregoing activities when performed as customary maintenance of the sign or sign structure.

Trans 200.015(2)(h) (h) “Exit ramp sign” means a specific information sign installed along the ramp or at the ramp terminal at single-exit interchanges that corresponds to the specific information sign along the main roadway, but which is reduced in size.

Trans 200.015(2)(i) (i) “Federal-aid primary highway” means a highway designated by the department and approved by the secretary of the United States department of transportation under s. 84.105 or 84.29, Stats., and 23 USC 103 (b) or 103 (e).

Trans 200.015(2)(im) (im) “Federal-aid secondary highway” means a highway designated by the department and approved by the secretary of the United States department of transportation under s. 84.01 (15), Stats., and 23 USC 103 (c) that is under the jurisdiction of the department.

Trans 200.015(2)(j) (j) “Guidance sign” means a sign permitted under s. Trans 200.03.

Trans 200.015(2)(jm) (jm) “Install” has the same meaning as “erect.”

Trans 200.015(2)(k) (k) “Maintain” means to keep in a state of repair, efficiency, or validity; to preserve from failure or decline; and to allow to exist.

Trans 200.015(2)(L) (L) “Motorist service” means a service that qualifies under s. Trans 200.06 (2).

Trans 200.015(2)(m) (m) “Motorist service sign” means an official traffic sign that includes one or more of the words “GAS,” “FOOD,” “LODGING,” “CAMPING” or “ATTRACTION” and directional information, but does not identify the business offering the service or the name of the brand of products offered.

Trans 200.015(2)(mg) (mg) “Region” means the geographical area under the administration of a region office.

Trans 200.015(2)(mr) (mr) “Region office” means an office of the division of transportation system development of the department of transportation.

Trans 200.015(2)(n) (n) “Specific information sign” means a rectangular sign panel that displays:

Trans 200.015(2)(n)1. 1. One or more of the words, “GAS,” “FOOD,” “LODGING,” “CAMPING” or “ATTRACTION”;

Trans 200.015(2)(n)2. 2. Directional information; and

Trans 200.015(2)(n)3. 3. One or more business signs.

Trans 200.015(2)(o) (o) “State trunk highway” means a highway designated as part of the state trunk highway system as provided in s. 84.02, Stats., including national parkways as provided in s. 84.105 (5), Stats., and interstate highways as provided in s. 84.29 (2), Stats.

Trans 200.015(2)(p) (p) “Tourist-oriented directional assembly” means a group of one to 4 tourist-oriented directional signs attached to the same post.

Trans 200.015 History History: Cr. Register, March, 1984, No. 339, eff. 4-1-84; emerg. am. (2) (e), cr. (2) (im), r. (2) (o), eff. 6-13-86; cr. (2) (im), r. (2) (o), Register, September, 1986, No. 369, eff. 10-1-86; am. (2) (e), Register, February, 1987, No. 374, eff. 3-1-87; am. (2) (a), r. (2) (c), cr. (2) (jm), (o) and (p), Register, July, 1992, No. 439, eff. 8-1-92; CR 06-103: am. (2) (m) and (n) 1. Register July 2007 No. 619, eff. 8-1-07; corrections in (2) (d), (e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., and renum. (2) (d), (e) to (2) (mg), (mr) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register February 2013 No. 686.

Trans 200.02 Trans 200.02 Authority for the erection of signs.

Trans 200.02(1) (1) The department of transportation or its authorized representatives in the case of the marked routes of state trunk highways, and local authorities with respect to highways under their exclusive jurisdiction, may place and maintain such traffic signs and signals as they deem necessary to warn, guide, inform, and regulate traffic, and also such signs and signals as are expressly permitted or required by the statutes or by these regulations, subject, however, to such limitations and restrictions as are contained in the statutes and these regulations.

Trans 200.02(2) (2) The department of transportation with respect to the state trunk highway system, and local authorities with respect to highways under their jurisdiction, may erect or permit any department of the federal, state or local government to erect such standard signs as the department of transportation or local authorities deem necessary to inform and warn the public of federal or state laws, local ordinances and lawful regulations by any such department.

Trans 200.02 History History: 1-2-56; am. (2), Register, June, 1973, No. 210, eff. 7-1-73; renum. from Hy 10.02 and am., Register, July, 1980, No. 295, eff. 8-1-80.

Trans 200.03 Trans 200.03 Guidance signs for resorts, hotels, county institutions, etc.