(a) The message on a directional sign shall be limited to identifying the site and directional information useful in locating the site, such as mileage, route number, or exit number. Descriptive words, phrases, pictorial representations, and logos are prohibited. - (i) The following directional signs prohibited.
- (A) Signs advertising any unlawful activity.
- (B) Signs that obscure any official traffic control device or interfere with a driver's view of approaching, merging, or intersecting traffic.
- (C) Signs erected or maintained upon trees or drawn upon rocks or other natural features.
- (D) Signs whose directional messages refer to sites that no longer exist.
- (E) Signs that are structurally unsafe or in disrepair.
- (F) Signs with unshielded lighting or signs with flashing, intermittent, or moving light or lights.
- (G) Signs located in rest areas, parklands, or scenic areas.
- (H) Signs with a commercial advertising legend or symbol.
(b) Directional signs Types I and IIBType I directional signs contain directional information to public places owned or operated by federal, state, or local governments or areas the Department deems of interest to the traveling public. Type II directional signs contain directional information to privately owned natural phenomena; historical, cultural, scientific, religious, or educational sites; areas suited for outdoor recreation; or areas the Department deems of interest to the traveling public.
(c) All Type I and Type II directional signs shall be permitted. - (i) The following size limits shall apply to Type I and Type II signs:
- (ii) The following shall apply to the location and spacing of Types I and II signs.
- (A) Signs shall not be located closer than 2,000 feet to a rest area, parkland, or scenic area or to an interchange or intersection at grade, measured from the point of widening at the entrance or exit from the main-traveled way.
- (B) Directional signs facing the same direction of travel shall be spaced more than one mile apart.
- (C) No more than 3 Type I directional signs relating to the same activity may be erected along a single route approaching the activity.
- (D) No directional signs located adjacent to the interstate highway shall be located more than 75 air miles from the attraction or activity. Signs adjacent to primary highways shall be within 50 air miles of the attraction or activity.
- (iii) Following are eligibility criteria for Types I and II signs.
- (A) A site shall be regionally or nationally known. To qualify as regionally known, the site shall be known within the entire state of Wyoming and any state contiguous to Wyoming.
- (B) The site shall be of outstanding interest to the traveling public and have a substantial number of tourist visitors. The dominant attraction shall benefit and enlighten the traveling public and not be a tourist-oriented roadside business.
- (C) The site shall be within 10 miles of the state highway access on an adequate all-weather road. If the activity is clearly visible from the highway access, "on-premises" signs shall suffice.
- (D) Attractions or activities having official highway signs on the right-of-way shall not qualify for directional signs on private property along that respective route.
- (E) Historical sites, in addition to complying with preceding subsections (A) through (D), shall be listed in the national register of historic places.
- (F) Educational or cultural sites, in addition to meeting preceding subsections (A) through (D), shall comply with one of the following by being:
- (I) a site where intellectual faculties are developed; or
- (II) a site where characteristic features of a particular stage in the advancement of civilization took place; or
- (III) a site where education is advanced; or
- (IV) a site containing a structure significant to education. The structure shall either have architectural value or be the surviving structure most associated with a historically significant person or event.
- (G) Scientific sites, in addition to complying with preceding subsections (A) through (D), shall be sites or institutions for the systematic study of scientific principals where hypotheses are formulated and tested.
- (H) Religious sites, in addition to meeting preceding subsections (A) through (D), shall comply with one of the following:
- (I) The site shall be related to religious activities of a particular culture; or
- (II) The site shall be the location of religious activity of historical or cultural significance, but it cannot currently be used for worship.
- (I) Natural phenomena sites, in addition to complying with preceding subsections (A) through (D), shall be naturally occurring (such as caves, unusual rock formations, waterfalls, and so forth) as distinguished from man-made sites.
- (J) Outdoor recreation sites, in addition to meeting subsections (A) through (D), shall comply with one of the following:
- (I) The site shall have a minimum of 5 acres, 50 percent of which shall be unoccupied open space accessible to the public; or
- (II) The site shall have a picnic area, tables, benches, litter barrels, drinking water, and sanitary facilities; or
- (III) The site shall have adequate maintenance staff to keep facilities in a clean and sanitary condition; or
- (IV) The site shall have one or more of these facilities: a public boat landing, a supervised swimming area, public fishing access, a campground, a golf course, a tennis court, or a playground.
- (iv) The following shall apply to Type III directional signs. These signs contain directional information to ranches, oil fields, missile sites, and so forth, located off highways where the side road is not signed by the Department.
- (v) Type III eligibility criteria include the following.
- (A) Type III directional signs shall not exceed an area of 32 square feet.
- (B) The sign shall be within 500 feet of the approach road.
- (C) Only one sign is permitted per activity and may be placed on a back-to-back installation.
- (D) The sign shall be on the same side of the highway as the activity.
- (E) The Department shall approve the location of all Type III directional signs before erection.
- (F) A permit is not required for a Type III directional sign.
045-16 Wyo. Code R. § 16-6