S.C. Code Regs. § § 63-901

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 11, November 22, 2024

Section 63-901 - Definitions

A. "Committee" means the South Carolina Scenic Highways Committee pursuant to Section 57-23-50.

B. "Community" means one or more towns within the length and breadth of the scenic corridor; thus, a community may be as small as one village or as large as a region.

C. "Corridor" means the highway right-of-way and the adjacent area that is visible from and extending along the highway. The distance the corridor extends from the highway could vary with the various intrinsic qualities.

D. "De-designation" means the removal of the scenic designation.

E. "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Transportation.

F. "Intrinsic Qualities" means those tangible and intangible resources found within a scenic corridor. "Intrinsic qualities" include:

(1) Scenic: the composition of features that are regionally representative, associative or inspirational. These features are measured by their memorableness and distinctiveness of visual impression, their intactness and their unity.

(2) Historic: landscapes and structures that represent the legacy of the past.

(3) Cultural: activities or objects that represent unique and distinctive expressions of community life, customs or traditional ways and identify a place, region or culture.

(4) Recreational: passive and active leisure activities usually associated with outdoor recreation that we seek to refresh and renew our spirits.

(5) Natural: pleasing visual experience of natural areas and/or ecologically-sensitive landscapes representing natural occurrences including landforms, water, vegetation and wildlife characteristics.

(6) Archaeological: sites, artifacts or structures representing past human life and activities.

G. "Outdoor Advertising Sign" means any sign structure or combination of sign structures and message in the form of an outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, plaque, poster, billboard, advertising structure, advertisement, logo, symbol or other form which is designed, intended or used to advertise or inform, any part of the message or informative contents of which is visible from the main-traveled way. The term does not include on-premise signs or official traffic control signs, official markers, nor specific information panels erected, caused to be erected or approved by the Department.

H. "Public Road" means all those roads, streets and highways within the State Highway system.

I. "Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan" means a document composed of maps and written material articulating a community's vision for a scenic corridor and outlining a process of specific strategies and actions to manage the route over time. The plan is a manifestation of the value a community places upon a particular resource. Created by members of the community, it represents a commitment to the corridor through strategies to conserve and enhance its intrinsic qualities.

J. "Segmentation" means to omit from scenic status any portion of a route which is heavily commercial and/or industrial and deemed by the Committee to be inconsistent with the criteria set forth in this Section.

K. "South Carolina Local Byways" means routes designated by the Committee which are characterized as such based on their scenic quality. They are not promoted for tourism development, shall not be bound by a mileage criteria.

L. "South Carolina Scenic Byways " means routes designated by the General Assembly which are intended to be promoted for tourism development, and as such they must be capable of handling increased numbers of visitors of the type sought by the corridor communities.

S.C. Code Regs. § 63-901

Added by State Register Volume 21, Issue No. 6, Part 2, eff June 27, 1997.