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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5809

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senator Amondson

Read first time 2/9/89 and referred to Committee on  Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to shopping center directional signs; and amending RCW 47.36.270.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 469, Laws of 1987 and RCW 47.36.270 are each amended to read as follows:

          Regional shopping center directional signs shall be erected and maintained on state highway right of way if they meet each of the following criteria:

          (1) There shall be at least five hundred thousand square feet of retail floor space available for lease at the regional shopping center;

          (2) The regional shopping center shall contain at least three major department stores that are owned by a national or regional retail chain organization;

          (3) The shopping center shall be located within ((one mile)) five miles of the roadway;

          (4) The center shall generate at least nine thousand daily one-way vehicle trips to the center;

          (5) There is sufficient space available for installation of the directional sign as specified in the Manual On Uniform Traffic Control Devices;

          (6) Supplemental follow-through directional signing is required at key decision points to direct motorists to the shopping center if it is not clearly visible from the point of exit from the main traveled way.

          The department shall collect from the regional shopping center a reasonable fee based upon the cost of erection and maintenance of the directional sign.