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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 5809
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1989 Reg. - Governor Vetoed
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)) four 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)) seven 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) 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;
(7) 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.