Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (Last Updated: June 14,2023) |
Title13a Highways and Bridges |
Sec.13a-123-11. Class C signs permitted outside informational sites
-
(a) The erection or maintenance of the following signs is permitted within protected areas, outside informational sites: Class C signs which are more than twelve miles from the nearest panel within an informational site serving other limited access state highway traffic to which such signs are visible.
(b) Except as provided for in sections 13a-123-4 and 13a-123-9, no sign under subsection (a) of this section shall be erected or maintained in any manner inconsistent with the following;
(1) In protected areas in advance of an intersection of the main-traveled way of another limited access state highway and an exit roadway, such signs visible to other limited access state highway traffic approaching such intersection shall not exceed the following number:
Distance from Intersection
Number of Signs
0-2 miles
0
2-5 miles
6
More than 5 miles
Average of one sign per mile
The specified distances shall be measured to the nearest point of the intersection of the traveled way of the exit roadway and the main-traveled way of the other limited access state highway.
(2) Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, not more than two such signs shall be permitted within any mile distance measured from any point, and no such signs shall be less than one thousand feet apart.
(3) Such signs shall not be permitted in protected areas adjacent to any other limited access state highway right-of-way upon any part of the width of which is constructed an entrance or exit roadway.
(4) Such signs visible to other limited access state highway traffic which is approaching or has passed an entrance roadway shall not be permitted in protected areas for one thousand feet beyond the furthest point of the intersection between the traveled way of such entrance roadway and the main-traveled way of the other limited access state highway.
(5) No such signs shall be permitted in scenic areas.
(6) Not more than one such sign advertising activities being conducted as a single enterprise of giving information about a single place shall be erected or maintained in such manner as to be visible to traffic moving in any one direction on any one other limited access state highway.
(c) Except as provided in sections 13a-123-4 and 13a-123-9, no Class C signs other than those permitted by this section shall be erected or maintained within protected areas, outside informational sites.
(Effective March 19, 1968)