Okla. Admin. Code § 730:35-5-13

Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024

Section 730:35-5-13 - Informational or class "C" signs

(a) An "informational" or Class "C" sign, is one that is owned by a public person, place or organization, which contains directions or information about public places, owned or operated by federal, state or local governments or their agencies, publicly or privately owned natural phenomena, historic, cultural, educational and religious sites (not including churches), and areas of natural scenic beauty or naturally suited for outdoor recreation, deemed to be in the interest of the traveling public. Commercial advertisement is prohibited on informational signs. There are no zoning requirements.

(b)Size requirements. Maximum area shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet. Sign height or width shall not exceed twenty (20) feet.

(c)Spacing requirements.

(1) Interstate and Limited Access Federal-aid Primary Highways (Divided) (Applies to same side of highway only) - An informational sign can not be erected within one thousand (1,000) feet from another registered sign.

(2) Non-Interstate Federal Aid Primary Highway (Non-Divided)

(A) An informational sign can not be erected less than three hundred (300) feet from another registered sign outside the limits of any incorporated municipality.

(B) An informational sign cannot be erected less than one hundred (100) feet from another registered sign on the opposite side of the highway and three hundred (300) feet on the same side of the highway within the limits of an incorporated municipality.

(3) On all Interstates and Federal-aid Primary highways (applies only to same side of highway when adjacent to Interstates or Limited Access Federal-aid Primary highways), no informational sign shall be erected within five hundred (500) feet of the following:

(A) park

(B) playground

(C) cemetery

(D) forest preserve

(d)Lighting requirements.

(1) Signs shall not be erected which contain, include or are illuminated by any flashing, intermittent, revolving or moving light, except on-premise signs and those giving public service information such as but not limited to, time, date, temperature, weather or news. Steadily burning lights in configuration of letters or pictures are not prohibited.

(2) Signs shall not be erected or maintained which are not effectively shielded to prevent beams or rays of light from being directed at any portion of the traveled way of any interstate or federal-aid primary highway and are of such intensity or brilliance as to cause glare or to impair the vision of the driver of any motor vehicle.

(3) Signs shall not be erected or maintained which shall be so illuminated that they obscure any official traffic sign, device, or signal or may be confused with any such official traffic sign, device or signal.

(4) Signs which include the steady illumination of sign faces, panels or slats that rotate to different messages in a fixed position, commonly known as tri-vision faces or multiple message signs are allowed; provided the rotation of one (1) sign face to another is no more frequent than every eight (8) seconds and the actual rotation process is accomplished in four (4) seconds or less. Some LED type displays may be used under these guidelines, however moving or flashing lights are strictly prohibited. Change from one panel to another must be accomplished with static displays only. Scrolling or fading from one display to the next is not allowed.

Okla. Admin. Code § 730:35-5-13

Added at 17 Ok Reg 1384, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1703, eff 7-1-09