FINAL BILL REPORT

SB 5809

FULL VETO

BYSenator Amondson

Regarding shopping center directional signs.

Senate Committee on Transportation

House Committe on Transportation

AS PASSED LEGISLATURE

BACKGROUND:

The current statutory criteria governing directional signs on state highway rights-of-way for regional shopping centers include the requirement that 500,000 square feet of retail floor space be available for lease, the center generate at least 9,000 daily one-way vehicle trips, and the shopping center be located within one mile of the roadway.  Of the 25 regional shopping centers in the state, only 18 meet all of the qualifications for signing under current law.  Fourteen have requested and received signs.  A change in the current criteria would permit additional centers to qualify for signage.

SUMMARY:

The amount of square feet of retail floor space required to qualify for signing is reduced from 500,000 to 400,000 square feet.  The number of daily one-way vehicle trips generated to the center is reduced from 9,000 to 7,000 trips.  The requirement that the shopping center be located within one mile of the roadway is changed to five miles.

No more than a total of two directional signs may be erected on each interstate or state route located within five miles of the shopping center.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Senate   45    1

     House 84 13 (House amended)

     Senate   45    1 (Senate concurred)

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