2 Colo. Code Regs. § 601-7-2.00

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024

Section 2 CCR 601-7-2.00 - Sign Requirements

2.01 Tourist Attraction Requirements

A. To be eligible as a Tourist Attraction of regional interest to the traveling public, a business must be one of the following:

1. Natural phenomena, which shall be limited to a features created by nature, including but not limited to unusual rock formations, caves, fossil beds, and waterfalls.

2. Historic sites or districts of state and/or national significance and limited to structures or sites that are of definite historical significance as determined by the Colorado Historical Society (n/k/a History Colorado), or as a historic attraction in the National Register of Historic Places as published by the United States Park Service.

3. Cultural sites, which shall be limited to a facilities for the performing arts, exhibits or concerts.

4. Amusement parks, which shall be limited to permanent area which are open to the general public in season for three (3) or more of the following activities: picnicking, hiking, swimming, boating, entertainment rides, food services, and must be in operation for not less than 100 days per year.

5. Arenas, which shall be limited to stadiums, sports complexes, auditoriums, fairgrounds, civic or convention centers or race tracks having a capacity of not less than five thousand (5,000) seats and open for normal business for not less than twenty-eight (28) events per year.

6. Areas of natural or scenic beauty, which shall be limited to a naturally-occurring areas of outstanding interest to the general public, including state or national parks, wilderness areas, mountain ranges, lakes, rivers, canyons, and similar areas.

7. Golf courses, which shall be limited to facilities open to the public and offering not less than nine (9) holes of play. Miniature golf courses, driving ranges, chip-and-putt courses and indoor golf shall not be eligible.

8. Museums, which shall be limited to facilities, open to the public at least one hundred (100) days per year, where works of artistic, historical, or scientific value are cared for and exhibited to the general public.

9. Recreational areas, which shall be limited to areas that provide for bicycling, boating, fishing, hiking, rafting, picnicking, snowmobiling or skiing.

10. Zoological or botanical parks shall be limited to facilities in which living animals, insects, or plants are kept and exhibited to the general public.

11. Wineries, distilleries or breweries shall be limited to sites licensed by the state that produce a minimum of one thousand (1,000) gallons of wine, beer or spirits per year.

12. Regionally-grown agricultural crops that are provided for sale within temporary structures for at least one hundred (100) days a year.

13. Casino attractions shall be limited to facilities holding gaming licenses.

2.02 Duties and Responsibilities.

A. The Department will establish and maintain an effective contract monitoring process that ensures the Contractor for the TODs and Logo Program complies with the terms of its contract. The Department will monitor the Contractor by:

(1) Conducting annual fiscal reviews of the financial data required in the contract to determine if the revenue and program data reported by the contractor are accurate.

(2) Requesting that the contractor provide a copy of its financial data compiled annually.

(3) Establishing a regular field review process for the TODs and LOGO Program to determine if the Contractor is providing the services outlined in statute and established in the contract.

B. The Department must approve all proposed sign locations and determine the location of all plaque placements on sign panels.

C. The Department may relocate any sign for any Highway purpose.

D. Neither the Department nor the Contractor shall be responsible for lost, stolen, defaced, deteriorated, damaged or destroyed plaques, regardless of the cause.

E. The Contractor is the only entity authorized to perform erection, maintenance and removal of sign plaques and panels.

F. Permittee shall provide all plaques to be displayed on Department sign structures.

G. The Permittee shall be responsible for delivering a replacement or renovated plaque to the Contractor to replace any plaque which is lost, stolen, defaced, destroyed or which does not meet Department sign standards.

2.03 Provisions Pertaining to Plaques and Sign Panels

A. All sign legends are subject to Department approval.

B. Sign panels shall not block driver sight of an existing or planned official traffic control device.

C. All plaques and sign panels shall be provided and constructed in accordance with the MUTCD, the CDOT Sign Design Manual, § 43-1-420, C.R.S., and these Rules.

D. No plaque may resemble any official traffic control device.

E. The sign panel size, composition, height, lateral clearance and location shall strictly adhere to the requirements of the MUTCD, the CDOT Sign Design Manual and these Rules.

F. Neither a plaque design nor a logo or symbol shall contain contact information, including but not limited to directions, slogans, telephone numbers and internet addresses.

G. Plaques denoting unavailable services shall only be covered or removed by the Contractor.

H. Plaques for businesses no longer qualified to participate in either sign program shall be covered or removed by the Contractor.

I. The Department may remove any plaque or sign if it is required for highway purposes or activities or if the condition of the plaque or sign endangers the health, safety or welfare of the public, or in the event the plaque has become inconsistent with or in violation of these Rules.

J. For seasonal closures:

1. Permittee shall notify the Contractor at least twenty (20) days prior to any anticipated change (closing, reopening, or unavailability of services) lasting more than fourteen (14) days.

2. A fee may be assessed for any costs arising from seasonal closures.

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