201. Purpose of RCIA sign program.
205. Recreational and cultural interest areas.
210. RCIA sign permit application procedure.
215. Review of RCIA sign permit applications.
The purpose of the recreational and cultural interest area (RCIA) sign program is to provide a RCIA with an opportunity to install within the highway right of way a sign that contains the name of the RCIA and directs the traveling public to the RCIA.
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
17 AAC 60.205. Recreational and cultural interest areas
A recreational and cultural interest area (RCIA) is a location within the state that
(1) is accessible by a maintained road;
(2) attracts an average of at least 100 persons per day during at least four consecutive months; and
(3) is widely noted for its recreational or cultural significance; for purposes of this paragraph, locations widely noted for their recreational or cultural significance include national parks, state parks, sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places, libraries, community centers, museums, art galleries, race tracks, ski areas, and land that is of cultural significance, that is under one ownership, and that has not less than 10 continuous miles of frontage upon a state highway; in areas where land with more than 10 continuous miles of frontage on a state highway is separated from other lands that are in the same ownership, and that qualify for signage under this section, entering and exit signs for each separate holding may not be installed unless the separate holdings are more than two miles apart.
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142; am 3/1/2002, Register 161
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS 44.42.030
(a) A person who operates an RCIA may apply to the department for an RCIA sign permit by completing an RCIA sign permit application. The applicant shall submit the application to the department representative specified on the application along with a non-refundable $100 application fee.
(b) Within 30 days after the department has received a correctly completed application submitted under (a) of this section and inspected the proposed site for the RCIA sign, the department will review the application and send a written decision to the applicant. If the department approves an RCIA permit application under 17 AAC 60.215, the applicant must pay a nonrefundable RCIA sign permit fee of $400. However, if the applicant currently holds an RCIA sign permit for the sign and is seeking renewal of the permit, the nonrefundable RCIA sign permit fee is $300. Upon receipt of the permit fee, the department will issue the permit and send it to the applicant.
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142; am 3/1/2002, Register 161
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
AS 44.42.030
Editor's note: A RCIA sign permit application may be obtained by writing Commissioner, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 3132 Channel Drive, Juneau AK 99801.
The department will approve a RCIA sign permit application if
(1) the department determines that the applicant operates a RCIA;
(2) the applicant's RCIA complies with AS 19.25.105 and this chapter;
(3) the applicant maintains the necessary licenses for the RCIA;
(4) the RCIA sign may be placed at the proposed location in a manner consistent with the standards set out in the documents described in 17 AAC 60.915(b) ;
(5) neither the applicant's RCIA nor an advertising sign for the RCIA are visible to a motorist traveling the highway until the motorist is within 1250 feet of the driveway or intersecting road; and
(6) the proposed sign location has not been specified as a community services sign location or a tourist information kiosk location.
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200