5. TODS application procedure.
10. Review of TODS permit applications.
15. TODS placement limitations.
20. Multiple TODS on a single set of posts.
Statute text
The purpose of the tourist-oriented directional sign (TODS) program is to provide a tourist-oriented activity located near a rural highway with an opportunity to install within the highway right of way a sign that contains the name of the activity and directs the traveling public to the activity.
History
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142
Annotations
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
Statute text
(a) A person who operates a tourist-oriented activity may apply to the department for a TODS permit by completing a TODS permit application. The applicant shall submit the application to the department representative specified on the application along with a nonrefundable $100 application fee.
(b) The department will review the application submitted under (a) of this section. Not later than 30 days after the date the completed application was received by the department representative, the department will send a written review decision to the applicant. If the department approves a TODS permit application under 17 AAC 60.010, the written review decision will request from the applicant a nonrefundable TODS permit fee of $400. However, if the applicant currently holds a TODS permit for the TODS and is seeking renewal of the permit, the nonrefundable TODS permit fee is $300. Upon receipt of the permit fee, the department will issue the permit and send it to the applicant.
History
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142
Annotations
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
Editor's note: A TODS permit application may be obtained by writing Commissioner, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, 3132 Channel Drive, Juneau AK 99801.
Statute text
The department will approve a TODS permit application if
(1) the applicant's tourist-oriented activity derives at least 25 percent of its gross receipts, if any, from visiting motorists who reside more than 20 miles from the location of the tourist-oriented activity;
(2) the applicant's tourist-oriented activity complies with AS 19.25.105 and this chapter;
(3) the applicant maintains the necessary licenses for the tourist-oriented activity;
(4) the applicant's tourist-oriented activity is not located more than 25 miles from the highway for which a TODS permit is requested, except the activity of an applicant who requests a gas or restaurant TODS permit must not be located more than three miles from the highway for which the TODS permit is requested;
(5) the applicant's tourist-oriented activity or the location of the driveway or intersecting road are not located within the urban portion of an organized borough that exceeds 2,500 permanent residents;
(6) neither the applicant's tourist-oriented activity nor an advertising sign for the activity are visible to a motorist traveling the highway until the motorist is within 1250 feet of the driveway or intersecting road;
(7) the TODS 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) ;
(8) the proposed location has fewer than six current TODS permits; and
(9) the proposed sign location has not been designated a traveler information kiosk location under 17 AAC 60.405(a).
History
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142; am 3/1/2002, Register 161
Annotations
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
Statute text
(a) A TODS may not be placed at the following junctions:
(1) Sterling Highway at Kenai Spur;
(2) Sterling Highway at Seward Highway;
(3) Parks Highway at Glenn Highway;
(4) Parks Highway at Palmer-Wasilla Highway;
(5) Parks Highway at Seward Meridian;
(6) Glenn Highway at Palmer-Wasilla Highway;
(7) Glenn Highway at Richardson Highway;
(8) Richardson Highway at Tok Cutoff Highway;
(9) Richardson Highway at Alaska Highway;
(10) Alaska Highway at Tok Cutoff Highway.
(b) A TODS may not be placed
(1) on a freeway or an expressway;
(2) on an on-ramp or off-ramp of a freeway or expressway; or
(3) at a location where the majority of the traffic exits the highway at the driveway or intersecting road.
History
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142
Annotations
Authority: AS 19.05.010
AS 19.05.020
AS 19.05.040
AS 19.25.105
AS 19.25.200
Statute text
Up to three TODS may share a set of sign posts. If two or three TODS share a set of sign posts, the TODS permit holders shall share the expense of maintaining the posts.
History
History: Eff. 5/18/97, Register 142