N.J. Admin. Code § 16:41C-4.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 16:41C-4.1 - General restrictions

(a) Signs which contain, include or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent, scrolling or moving light or lights shall be prohibited, except those giving time, date and/or temperature.

(b) A permit for a new or enlarged sign shall not be issued if such permit would conflict with public policy relating to roadside signs or outdoor advertising as declared by the Congress of the United States, or as reflected in the statutory enactments and judicial decisions of this State. In determining whether such public policy is contravened, the Department shall consider the law of this State, and the United States, including the Federal law, the State Act, and this chapter.

(c) Except where specifically authorized by the Department, no sign shall be erected or maintained within the Department's right-of-way of any portion of limited access or non-limited access highways within the State of New Jersey. This prohibition shall not apply to signs, public notices, or markers erected or maintained by the Department.

(d) No sign shall interfere with the ability of the operator of a motor vehicle to have a clear and unobstructed view of streets or highways ahead, approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic, or official signs, signals, or traffic control devices.

(e) No sign shall interfere with or contain advertisements that resemble any official traffic sign, signal, or device.

(f) No sign shall be painted, drawn, erected, or maintained upon trees, rocks, other natural features, or public utility poles.

(g) No sign shall be of such a type, size, or character or placed at a location that will endanger or injure public safety or health, or pose a physical threat to property in the vicinity thereof.

(h) No sign shall advertise activities that are prohibited by Federal law, or the laws of the State of New Jersey.

(i) No off-premise sign, nor any on-premise sign which is visible to any interstate or limited access highway, shall display any animation or moving part or have reflectorized materials, except as provided at N.J.A.C. 16:41C-11. This provision shall not apply to time, date, and temperature signs. The components of signs used to change the advertisement in a multiple message sign, which are regulated at N.J.A.C. 16:41C-11, shall not be considered a moving part.

(j) No sign shall be of such intensity or brilliance to cause glare, or be otherwise operated in a manner that impairs the safe operation of a motor vehicle. Illumination of signs shall be shielded, so as to prevent light from being directed at any portion of the main-traveled way of any highway. All such lighting shall also be subject to any other provision relating to lighting of signs applicable to highways under the jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey.

(k) Except as provided at N.J.A.C. 16:41C-8.8 and 9.4, signs shall not be painted on or attached to bridges, overpasses, or overhead structures.

(l) No sign shall be erected or maintained in a manner that may impair the vision of a motorist.

N.J. Admin. Code § 16:41C-4.1

Amended by 47 N.J.R. 540(a), effective 3/2/2015

Administrative Change, 51 N.J.R. 778(b).