5425-S AAS 3/16/93

5425‑S AAS 3/16/93

SSB 5425 - S AMD - 000303

BySenator Hochstatter

ADOPTED 3/16/93

On page 1, after line 4, insert the following:

"Sec. 1. RCW 47.17.001 and 1990 c 233 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

In considering whether to make additions, deletions, or other changes to the state highway system, the legislature shall be guided by the following criteria as contained in the Road Jurisdiction Committee Phase I report to the legislature dated January 1987:

(1) A rural highway route should be designated as a state highway if it meets any of the following criteria:

(a) Is designated as part of the national system of interstate and defense highways (popularly called the interstate system); or

(b) Is designated as part of the system of numbered United States routes; or

(2) A rural highway route may be designated as a state highway if it is part of an integrated system of roads and:

(a) Carries in excess of three hundred thousand tons annually and provides primary access to a rural port or intermodal freight terminal;

(b) Provides a major cross-connection between existing state highways; or

(i) A population center of one thousand or greater;

(ii) An area or aggregation of areas having a population equivalency of one thousand or more, such as, but not limited to, recreation areas, military installations, and so forth;

(iii) A county seat;

(iv) A major commercial-industrial terminal in a rural area with a population equivalency of one thousand or greater.

(d) Is designated as a scenic and recreational highway.

(3) An urban highway route that meets any of the following criteria should be designated as part of the state highway system:

(a) Is designated as part of the interstate system;

(b) Is designated as part of the system of numbered United States routes;

(c) Is an urban extension of a rural state highway into or through an urban area and is necessary to form an integrated system of state highways;

(d) Is a principal arterial that is a connecting link between two state highways and serves regionally oriented through traffic in urbanized areas with a population of fifty thousand or greater, or is a spur that serves regionally oriented traffic in urbanized areas.

(4) The following guidelines are intended to be used as a basis for interpreting and applying the criteria to specific routes:

(a) For any route wholly within one or more contiguous jurisdictions which would be proposed for transfer to the state highway system under these criteria, if local officials prefer, responsibility will remain at the local level.

(b) State highway routes maintain continuity of the system by being composed of routes that join other state routes at both ends or to arterial routes in the states of Oregon and Idaho and the Province of British Columbia.

(d) Exceptions may be made to include:

(i) Rural spurs as state highways if they meet the criteria relative to serving population centers of one thousand or greater population or activity centers with population equivalencies or an aggregated population of one thousand or greater;

(ii) Urban spurs as state highways that provide needed access to Washington state ferry terminals, state parks, major seaports, and trunk airports; and

(iii) Urban connecting links as state highways that function as needed bypass routing of regionally oriented through traffic and benefit truck routing, capacity alternative, business congestion, and geometric deficiencies.

(e) In urban and urbanized areas:

(i) Unless they are significant regional traffic generators, public facilities such as state hospitals, state correction centers, state universities, ferry terminals, and military bases do not constitute a criteria for establishment of a state highway; and

(ii) There may be no more than one parallel nonaccess controlled facility in the same corridor as a freeway or limited access facility as designated by the metropolitan planning organization.

(f) When there is a choice of two or more routes between population centers, the state route designation shall normally be based on the following considerations:

(i) The ability to handle higher traffic volumes;

(ii) The higher ability to accommodate further development or expansion along the existing alignment;

(iii) The most direct route and the lowest travel time;

(iv) The route that serves traffic with the most interstate, state-wide, and interregional significance;

(v) The route that provides the optimal spacing between other state routes; and

(vi) The route that best serves the comprehensive plan for community development in those areas where such a plan has been developed and adopted.

(5) A route designated in chapter 47.39 RCW as a scenic and recreational highway is not eligible for removal from the scenic and recreational system without the prior consent of the local jurisdiction in which the highway is located."

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

SSB 5425 - S AMD

BySenator Hochstatter

ADOPTED 3/16/93

On page 1, line 1 of the title after "RCW" insert "47.17.001,"

SSB 5425 - S AMD - 000146

BySenators Roach, Fraser and Vognild

ADOPTED 3/16/93

On page 10, line 24, after "RCW 47.42.025" strike "or located within zoned commercial or industrial areas having development visible to the highway as determined by the department." and insert "or located within areas zoned, by the governing county, primarily for commercial and industrial uses, and having development visible to the highway, as determined by the department and set forth in the Washington administrative code."

SSB 5425 - S AMD - 000148

BySenators Fraser and Vognild

ADOPTED 3/16/93

On page 10, line 34, after "unzoned" insert "or zoned for general uses"

SSB 5425 - S AMD - 000382

BySenators Roach and Fraser

ADOPTED 3/16/93

On page 12, after line 16, insert the following:

"Sec. 6. RCW 47.42.040 and 1991 c 94 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

It is declared to be the policy of the state that no signs which are visible from the main traveled way of the interstate system, primary system, or scenic system shall be erected or maintained except the following types:

(1) Directional or other official signs or notices that are required or authorized by law;

(2) Signs advertising the sale or lease of the property upon which they are located;

(3) Signs advertising activities conducted on the property on which they are located;

(4) Signs, not inconsistent with the policy of this chapter and the national policy set forth in section 131 of title 23, United States Code as codified and enacted by Public Law 85‑767 and amended only by section 106, Public Law 86‑342, and the national standards promulgated thereunder by the secretary of commerce or the secretary of transportation, advertising activities being conducted at a location within twelve miles of the point at which such signs are located: PROVIDED, That no sign lawfully erected pursuant to this subsection adjacent to the interstate system and outside commercial and industrial areas shall be maintained by any person after three years from May 10, 1971;

(5) Signs, not inconsistent with the policy of this chapter and the national policy set forth in section 131 of title 23, United States Code as codified and enacted by Public Law 85‑767 and amended only by section 106, Public Law 86‑342, and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the secretary of commerce or the secretary of transportation, designed to give information in the specific interest of the traveling public: PROVIDED, That no sign lawfully erected pursuant to this subsection adjacent to the interstate system and outside commercial and industrial areas shall be maintained by any person after three years from May 10, 1971;

(6) Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, determined by the commission, subject to the approval of the United States secretary of transportation, to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, of historic or artistic significance the preservation of which would be consistent with the purposes of chapter 47.42 RCW;

(7) Public service signs, located on school bus stop shelters, which:

(a) Identify the donor, sponsor, or contributor of said shelters;

(b) Contain safety slogans or messages which occupy not less than sixty percent of the area of the sign;

(d) Are located on school bus shelters which are authorized or approved by city, county, or state law, regulation, or ordinance, and at places approved by the city, county, or state agency controlling the highway involved; and

(e) Do not exceed thirty-two square feet in area. Not more than one sign on each shelter may face in any one direction.

Subsection (7) of this section notwithstanding, the department of transportation shall adopt regulations relating to the appearance of school bus shelters, the placement, size, and public service content of public service signs located thereon, and the prominence of the identification of the donors, sponsors, or contributors of the shelters.

(8) Temporary agricultural directional signs, with the following restrictions:

(a) Signs shall be posted only during the period of time the seasonal agricultural product is being sold;

(b) Signs shall not be placed adjacent to the interstate highway system unless the sign qualifies as an on-premise sign;

(d) Premises on which the seasonal agricultural products are sold must be within fifteen miles of the state highway, and necessary supplemental signing on local roads must be provided before the installation of the signs on the state highway;

(e) Signs must be located so as not to restrict sight distances on approaches to intersections;

(f) The department shall establish a permit system and fee schedule and rules for the manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of these signs in accordance with the policy of this chapter;

(g) Signs in violation of these provisions shall be removed in accordance with the procedures in RCW 47.42.080;

(9) Temporary political signs are signs that do not exceed eight square feet in area, are on private property, and solicit votes for candidates or ballot propositions at a scheduled election. Temporary political signs visible to the primary system and scenic system may be erected or maintained without a permit issued by the department. Temporary political signs shall not be erected or maintained outside city limits or zoned commercial and industrial areas having development visible to the highway as determined by the department prior to September 1st during a campaign for a general election, and must be removed within seven days after the election. When the candidate or proposition will be voted upon in a primary or special election, temporary political signs may not be erected or maintained more than 30 days prior to the election, and must be removed within seven days after the election. If temporary political signs are not removed within seven days after any election, the department is authorized to remove them. This subsection provides the exclusive means for posting temporary political signs which are visible from the main traveled way of the primary system and scenic system. The department may adopt rules to implement this subsection.

Only signs of types 1, 2, 3, 7, ((~~and~~)) 8, and 9 may be erected or maintained within view of the scenic system. Signs of types 7 and 8 may also be erected or maintained within view of the federal aid primary system."

Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct internal references accordingly.

SSB 5425 - S AMD - 000382

BySenators Roach and Fraser

ADOPTED 3/16/93

On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "47.42.025," insert "47.42.040,"