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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5425
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Fraser; by request of Department of Transportation)
Read first time 02/19/93.
AN ACT Relating to scenic and recreational highways; amending RCW 47.17.001, 47.39.020, 47.42.020, 47.42.025, 47.42.040, 47.42.100, and 47.42.140; adding a new section to chapter 47.39 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
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
(c) Contains an international border crossing that is open twelve or more hours each day.
(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
(c) Connects places exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics:
(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.
(c) Public facilities may be considered to be served if they are within approximately two miles of a state highway.
(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.
Sec. 2. RCW 47.39.020 and 1992 c 26 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
The following portions of highways are designated as part of the scenic and recreational highway system:
(1) State route number 2, beginning at the crossing of Woods creek at the east city limits of Monroe, thence in an easterly direction by way of Stevens pass to a junction with state route number 97 in the vicinity of Peshastin; also
Beginning at the junction with state route number 17, in the vicinity of Coulee City, thence easterly to the junction with state route number 155;
(2) State route number
3, beginning at a junction with state route number ((106 in the vicinity of
Belfair, thence in a northeasterly direction to a junction with Arsenal Way
south of Bremerton; also
Beginning at a
junction of Erlands Point Road north of Bremerton thence northeasterly)) 101 in the vicinity of Shelton, thence
northeasterly and northerly to a junction with state route number 104 in
the vicinity of Port Gamble;
(3) State route number
((8, beginning at a junction with state route number 12 in the vicinity of
Elma, thence easterly to a junction with state route number 101 near Tumwater))
4, beginning at the junction with state route number 101, thence easterly
through Cathlamet to Coal Creek road, approximately .5 miles west of the
Longview city limits;
(4) State route number 6, beginning at the junction with state route number 101 in Raymond, thence easterly to the junction with state route number 5, in the vicinity of Chehalis;
(5) State route number 7, beginning at the junction with state route number 12 in Morton, thence northerly to the junction with state route number 507;
(6) State route number 8, beginning at a junction with state route number 12 in the vicinity of Elma, thence easterly to a junction with state route number 101 near Tumwater;
(7) State route number 9, beginning at the junction with state route number 530 in Arlington, thence northerly to the end of the route at the Canadian border;
(8) State route number 10, beginning at Teanaway junction, thence easterly to a junction with state route number 97 west of Ellensburg;
(((5))) (9)
State route number 11, beginning at the junction with state route number 5 in
the vicinity of Burlington, thence in a northerly direction to the junction
with state route number 5;
(10) State route number 12, beginning at a junction with a county road approximately 2.8 miles west of the crossing of the Wynooche river which is approximately 1.2 miles west of Montesano, thence in an easterly direction to a junction with state route number 8 in the vicinity of Elma; also
((Beginning at the
Burlington Northern Railroad bridge approximately 3.4 miles west of Dixie,
thence in a northerly and easterly direction by way of Dayton, Dodge, and
Pomeroy)) Beginning at a junction with state route number 5, thence
easterly by way of Morton, Randle, and Packwood to the junction with state
route number 410, approximately 3.5 miles west of Naches; also
Beginning at the junction with state route number 124 in the vicinity of the Tri-Cities, thence easterly through Wallula and Touchet to a junction with a county road approximately 2.4 miles west of a junction with state route number 129 at Clarkston;
(((6))) (11)
State route number 14, beginning at the crossing of Gibbons creek approximately
0.9 miles east of Washougal, ((thence in an easterly direction by way of
Stevenson to a westerly junction with state route number 97 in the vicinity of
Maryhill; also
Beginning at the
easterly junction with state route number 97 in the vicinity of Maryhill,)) thence easterly along the north bank of the
Columbia river to a point in the vicinity of Plymouth;
(((7))) (12)
State route number 17, beginning at a junction with state route number 395 in
the vicinity of ((Eltopia)) Mesa, thence ((in a northwesterly
direction to the south end of the overcrossing of state route number 90, in the
vicinity of Moses Lake; also
Beginning at a
junction with Grape Drive in the vicinity of Moses Lake, thence northwesterly
and northerly by way of Soap Lake to a junction with state route number 2 west
of Coulee City)) northerly to
the junction with state route number 97 in the vicinity of Brewster;
(((8))) (13)
State route number 19, the Chimacum-Beaver Valley road, beginning at the
junction with state route number 104, thence northerly to the junction with
state route number 20;
(14) State route number 20, beginning at the junction with state route number 101 to the ferry zone in Port Townsend; also
Beginning at the
Keystone ferry slip on Whidbey Island, thence ((easterly and)) northerly
and easterly to a junction with ((Rhododendron road in the vicinity
east of Coupeville; also
Beginning at a
junction with Sherman road in the vicinity west of Coupeville, generally
northerly to a junction with Miller road in the vicinity southwest of Oak
Harbor; also
Beginning at a
junction with Torpedo road in the vicinity northeast of Oak Harbor, thence
northerly by way of Deception Pass to a junction with state route number 20
north in the vicinity southeast of Anacortes; also
Beginning at the
crossing of Hanson creek approximately 6.0 miles west of Lyman, thence easterly
by way of Concrete, Marblemount, Diablo Dam, and Twisp to a junction with)) state route number 153 southeast of Twisp;
also
Beginning at a junction
with state route number ((21 approximately three miles east of Republic,
thence in an easterly direction to a junction with state route number 395 at
the west end of the crossing over the Columbia river at Kettle Falls; also
Beginning at a
junction with a county road 2.76 miles east of the junction with state route
number 395 in Colville, thence in a northeasterly direction to a junction with
state route number 31 at Tiger; thence in a southerly direction)) 97 near Tonasket, thence easterly and
southerly to a junction with state route number 2 at Newport;
(((9) State route
number 21, beginning at the Keller ferry slip on the north side of Roosevelt
lake, thence in a northerly direction to the crossing of Granite creek
approximately fifty-four miles north of the Keller ferry;
(10))) (15) State route number 25, beginning at
the Spokane river bridge, thence northerly through Cedonia, Gifford, Kettle
Falls, and Northport, to the Canadian border;
(16) State route number 31, beginning at the junction with state route number 20 in Tiger, thence northerly to the Canadian border;
(17) State route number 82, beginning at the junction with state route number 395 south of the Tri-Cities area, thence southerly to the end of the route at the Oregon border;
(18) State route
number 90, beginning at the ((CMSTPP railroad overcrossing approximately 2.3
miles southeast of North Bend, thence in an easterly direction by way of
Snoqualmie pass to the crossing of the Cle Elum river approximately 2.6 miles
west of Cle Elum)) junction with East Sunset Way in the vicinity east of
Issaquah, thence easterly to Thorp road 9.0 miles west of Ellensburg;
(((11))) (19)
State route number 97, beginning at the ((crossing of the Columbia river at
Biggs Rapids, thence in a northerly direction to the westerly junction with
state route number 14 in the vicinity of Maryhill)) Oregon border, in a
northerly direction through Toppenish and Wapato to the junction with state
route number 82 at Union Gap; also
Beginning at the junction with state route number 10, 2.5 miles north of Ellensburg, in a northerly direction to the junction with state route number 2, 4.0 miles east of Leavenworth;
(20) State route number 97 alternate, beginning at the junction with state route number 2 in the vicinity of Monitor, thence northerly to the junction with state route number 97, approximately 5.0 miles north of Chelan;
(((12))) (21)
State route number 101, beginning at the Astoria-Megler bridge, thence north
to Fowler street in Raymond; also
Beginning at a
junction with state route number 109 in the vicinity of Queets, thence in a
northerly, northeasterly, and easterly direction by way of Forks to the ((west
boundary of the Olympic national park in the vicinity of Lake Crescent; also
Beginning at Sequim
Bay state park, thence in a southeasterly and southerly direction to a)) junction with ((the Airport road north of
Shelton; also
Beginning at a
junction with state route number 3 south of Shelton, thence in a southerly and
southeasterly direction to the west end of the Black Lake road overcrossing in
the vicinity northeast of Tumwater))
state route number 5 in the vicinity of Olympia;
(((13))) (22)
State route number 104, beginning at a junction with state route number 101 in
the vicinity south of Discovery bay, thence in a southeasterly direction to the
((vicinity of Shine on Hood Canal; also
Beginning at a
junction with state route number 3 east of the Hood Canal crossing, thence
northeasterly to Port Gamble)) Kingston
ferry crossing;
(((14))) (23)
State route number 105, beginning at a junction with state route number 101 at
Raymond, thence westerly and northerly by way of Tokeland and North Cove to the
shore of Grays Harbor north of Westport; also
Beginning at a junction with state route number 105 in the vicinity south of Westport, thence northeasterly to a junction with state route number 101 at Aberdeen;
(((15) State route
number 106, beginning at a junction with state route number 101 in the vicinity
of Union, thence northeasterly to a junction with state route number 3 in the
vicinity of Belfair;
(16))) (24) State route number 109, beginning
at a junction with ((a county road approximately 3.0 miles northwest of the
junction with state route number 101 in Hoquiam, thence in a northwesterly
direction by way of Ocean City, Copalis, Pacific Beach, and Moclips)) state
route number 101 in Hoquiam to a junction with state route number 101 in
the vicinity of Queets;
(((17))) (25)
State route number 112, beginning at the easterly boundary of the Makah Indian
reservation, thence in an easterly direction to the vicinity of Laird's corner
on state route number 101;
(((18))) (26)
State route number 116, beginning at the junction with the Chimacum-Beaver
Valley road, thence in an easterly direction to Fort Flagler State Park;
(27) State route number 119, beginning at the junction with state route number 101 at Hoodsport, thence northwesterly to the Mount Rose development intersection;
(28) State route number 122, Harmony road, between the junction with state route number 12 near Mayfield dam and the junction with state route number 12 in Mossyrock;
(29) State route number 123, beginning at the junction with state route number 12 in the vicinity of Morton, thence northerly to the junction with state route number 410;
(30) State route number 129, beginning at the Oregon border, thence northerly to the junction with state route number 12 in Clarkston;
(31) State route number 141, beginning at the junction with state route number 14 in Bingen, thence northerly to the end of the route at the Skamania county line;
(32) State route number 142, beginning at the junction with state route number 14 in Lyle, thence northeasterly to the junction with state route number 97, .5 miles from Goldendale;
(33) State route number 153, beginning at a junction with state route number 97 in the vicinity of Pateros, thence in a northerly direction to a junction with state route number 20 in the vicinity south of Twisp;
(((19))) (34)
State route number 155, beginning at a junction with state route number 2 in
the vicinity north of Coulee City, thence ((in a northeasterly direction to
the boundary of the federal reservation at the Grand Coulee dam; also
Beginning at a
junction with a county road 2.07 miles north of the junction with 12th street
in Elmer City, thence in a northwesterly direction to the west end of the
crossing of Omak creek east of Omak;
(20) State route
number 206, Mt. Spokane Park Drive, beginning at a junction with state route
number 2 near the north line of section 3, township 26 N, range 43 E, thence
northeasterly to a point in section 28, township 28 N, range 45 E at the
entrance to Mt. Spokane state park;
(21))) northerly and westerly to the junction with
state route number 215;
(35) State route number 194, beginning at the Port of Almota to the junction with state route number 195 in the vicinity of Pullman;
(36) State route number 202, beginning at the junction with state route number 522, thence in an easterly direction to the junction with state route number 90 in the vicinity of North Bend;
(37) State route number 211, beginning at the junction with state route number 2, thence northerly to the junction with state route number 20 in the vicinity of Usk;
(38) State route number 231, beginning at the junction with state route number 23, in the vicinity of Sprague, thence in a northerly direction to the junction with state route number 2, approximately 2.5 miles west of Reardan;
(39) State route number 261, beginning at the junction with state route number 12 in the vicinity of Delaney, thence northwesterly to the junction with state route number 260;
(40) State route number 262, beginning at the junction with state route number 26, thence northeasterly to the junction with state route number 17 between Moses Lake and Othello;
(41) State route number 272, beginning at the junction with state route number 195 in Colfax, thence easterly to the Idaho state line, approximately 1.5 miles east of Palouse;
(42) State route number 305, beginning at the Winslow ferry dock to the junction with state route number 3 approximately 1.0 mile north of Poulsbo;
(43) State route
number 395, beginning at ((a point approximately 2.6 miles north of Pasco thence
in a northerly direction to a junction with state route number 17 in the
vicinity of Eltopia; also
Beginning at)) the north end of the crossing of Mill creek in
the vicinity of Colville, thence in a northwesterly direction to a junction
with state route number 20 at the west end of the crossing over the Columbia
river at Kettle Falls;
(((22))) (44)
State route number 401, beginning at a junction with state route number 101 at
Point Ellice, thence easterly and northerly to a junction with state route
number 4 in the vicinity north of Naselle;
(((23))) (45)
State route number 410, beginning 4.0 miles east of Enumclaw, thence in an
easterly direction to the junction with state route number 12, approximately
3.5 miles west of Naches;
(46) State route number 501, beginning at the junction with state route number 5 in the vicinity of Vancouver, thence northwesterly on the New Lower River road around Vancouver Lake;
(47) State route number 503, beginning at the junction with state route number 500, thence northerly by way of Battle Ground and Yale to the junction with state route number 5 in the vicinity of Woodland;
(48) State route
number 504, beginning at a junction with state route number 5 ((in the
vicinity north of)) at Castle Rock, ((thence in an easterly
direction by way of St. Helens and Spirit lake to Mt. St. Helens;
(24))) to the end of the route on Johnston Ridge,
approximately milepost 52;
(49) State route number 505, beginning at the junction with state route number 504, thence northwesterly by way of Toledo to the junction with state route number 5;
(50) State route number 508, beginning at the junction with state route number 5, thence in an easterly direction to the junction with state route number 7 in Morton;
(51) State route
number 525, beginning at ((a junction with Maxwellton road in the southern
portion of Whidbey Island, thence northwesterly)) the ferry toll booth
on Whidbey Island to a junction with state route number 20 east of the
Keystone ferry slip;
(((25))) (52)
State route number 542, beginning at the ((Nugent crossing over the Nooksack
river approximately 7.7 miles northeast of Bellingham)) junction with
state route number 5, thence easterly to the vicinity of Austin pass in
Whatcom county;
(((26))) (53)
State route number 547, beginning at the junction with state route number 542
in Kendall, thence northwesterly to the junction with state route number 9 in
the vicinity of the Canadian border;
(54) State route number 706, beginning at the junction with state route number 7 in Elbe, in an easterly direction to the end of the route at Mt. Rainier National Park;
(55) State route number 821, beginning at a junction with state route number 82 at the Yakima firing center interchange, thence in a northerly direction to a junction with state route number 82 at the Thrall road interchange;
(56) State route number 971, Navarre Coulee road, between the junction with state route number 97 and the junction with South Lakeshore road.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Recognizing that the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 establishes a national "Scenic Byways" grant program and a new apportionment program called "Transportation Enhancement Activities," the department of transportation shall place high priority on obtaining funds from those sources for further development of a scenic and recreational highways program, including highway heritage projects on the designated scenic and recreational highway system. The department shall consider the use of the designated system by bicyclists and pedestrians in connection with nonmotorized routes in the state trail plan, and the state bicycle plan which are also eligible for ISTEA funding. Appropriate signage may be used at intersections of nonmotorized and motorized systems to demonstrate the access, location, and the interconnectivity of various modes of travel for transportation and recreation.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 47.39 RCW to read as follows:
In developing the scenic and recreational highways program, the department shall consult with the department of trade and economic development, the department of community development, the department of natural resources, the parks and recreation commission, affected cities, towns, and counties, regional transportation planning organizations, and other interested parties. The scenic and recreational highways program may identify entire highway loops or similar tourist routes that could be developed to promote tourist activity and provide concurrent economic growth while protecting the scenic and recreational quality surrounding state highways.
Sec. 5. RCW 47.42.020 and 1991 c 94 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Department" means the Washington state department of transportation.
(2) "Erect" means to construct, build, raise, assemble, place, affix, attach, create, paint, draw, or in any other way bring into being or establish.
(3) "Interstate system" means any state highway which is or does become part of the national system of interstate and defense highways as described in section 103(d) of title 23, United States Code.
(4) "Maintain" means to allow to exist.
(5) "Person" means this state or any public or private corporation, firm, partnership, association, as well as any individual or individuals.
(6) "Primary system" means any state highway which is or does become part of the federal-aid primary system as described in section 103(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(7) "Scenic system" means (a) any state highway within any public park, federal forest area, public beach, public recreation area, or national monument, (b) any state highway or portion thereof outside the boundaries of any incorporated city or town designated by the legislature as a part of the scenic system, or (c) any state highway or portion thereof outside the boundaries of any incorporated city or town designated by the legislature as a part of the scenic and recreational highway system except for the sections of highways specifically excluded in RCW 47.42.025 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..
(8) "Sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing that is designed, intended, or used to advertise or inform, any part of the advertising or informative contents of which is visible from any place on the main-traveled way of the interstate system or other state highway.
(9) "Commercial and industrial areas" means any area zoned commercial or industrial by a county or municipal code, or if unzoned or zoned for general uses by a county or municipal code, that area occupied by three or more separate and distinct commercial or industrial activities, or any combination thereof, within a space of five hundred feet and the area within five hundred feet of such activities on both sides of the highway. The area shall be measured from the outer edges of the regularly used buildings, parking lots, or storage or processing areas of the commercial or industrial activity and not from the property lines of the parcels upon which the activities are located. Measurements shall be along or parallel to the edge of the main traveled way of the highway. The following shall not be considered commercial or industrial activities:
(a) Agricultural, forestry, grazing, farming, and related activities, including, but not limited to, wayside fresh produce stands;
(b) Transient or temporary activities;
(c) Railroad tracks and minor sidings;
(d) Signs;
(e) Activities more than six hundred and sixty feet from the nearest edge of the right of way;
(f) Activities conducted in a building principally used as a residence.
If any commercial or industrial activity that has been used in defining or delineating an unzoned area ceases to operate for a period of six continuous months, any signs located within the former unzoned area become nonconforming and shall not be maintained by any person.
(10) "Roadside area information panel or display" means a panel or display located so as not to be readable from the main traveled way, erected in a safety rest area, scenic overlook, or similar roadside area, for providing motorists with information in the specific interest of the traveling public.
(11) "Temporary agricultural directional sign" means a sign on private property adjacent to state highway right of way to provide directional information to places of business offering for sale seasonal agricultural products on the property where the sale is taking place.
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;
(c) Contain no other message;
(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;
(c) Signs shall not be placed within an incorporated city or town;
(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.
Sec. 7. RCW 47.42.100 and 1974 ex.s. c 154 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) No sign lawfully erected in a protected area as defined by section 2, chapter 96, Laws of 1961 (before the amendment thereof), prior to March 11, 1961, within a commercial or industrial zone within the boundaries of any city or town, as such boundaries existed on September 21, 1959, wherein the use of real property adjacent to the interstate system is subject to municipal regulation or control but which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be maintained by any person after March 11, 1965.
(2) No sign lawfully erected in a protected area as defined by section 2, chapter 96, Laws of 1961 (before the amendment thereof), prior to March 11, 1961, other than within a commercial or industrial zone within the boundaries of a city or town as such boundaries existed on September 21, 1959, wherein the use of real property adjacent to the interstate system is subject to municipal regulation or control but which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be maintained by any person after three years from March 11, 1961.
(3) No sign lawfully erected in a scenic area as defined by section 2, chapter 96, Laws of 1961 (before the amendment thereof), prior to the effective date of the designation of such area as a scenic area shall be maintained by any person after three years from the effective date of the designation of any such area as a scenic area.
(4) No sign visible from the main traveled way of the interstate system, the primary system (other than type 3 signs along any portion of the primary system within an incorporated city or town or within a commercial or industrial area), or the scenic system which was there lawfully maintained immediately prior to May 10, 1971, but which does not comply with the provisions of chapter 47.42 RCW as now or hereafter amended, shall be maintained by any person (a) after three years from May 10, 1971, or (b) with respect to any highway hereafter designated by the legislature as a part of the scenic system, after three years from the effective date of the designation. Signs located in commercial or industrial areas that do not have development visible to the highway as determined by the department and were lawfully installed after May 10, 1971, visible to any highway now or hereafter designated by the legislature as part of the scenic system shall be allowed to be maintained.
Sec. 8. RCW 47.42.140 and 1992 c 26 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
The following portions of state highways are designated as a part of the scenic system:
(1) State route number 2 beginning at the crossing of Woods creek at the east city limits of Monroe, thence in an easterly direction by way of Stevens pass to a junction with state route number 97 in the vicinity of Peshastin.
(2) State route number 7 beginning at a junction with state route number 706 at Elbe, thence in a northerly direction to a junction with state route number 507 south of Spanaway.
(3) State route number 11 beginning at the Blanchard overcrossing, thence in a northerly direction to the limits of Larabee state park (north line of section 36, township 37 north, range 2 east).
(4) State route number 12 beginning at Kosmos southeast of Morton, thence in an easterly direction across White pass to the Oak Flat junction with state route number 410 northwest of Yakima.
(5) State route number 90 beginning at the westerly junction with West Lake Sammamish parkway in the vicinity of Issaquah, thence in an easterly direction by way of North Bend and Snoqualmie pass to a junction with state route number 970 at Cle Elum.
(6) State route number 97 beginning at a junction with state route number 970 at Virden, thence via Blewett pass to a junction with state route number 2 in the vicinity of Peshastin.
(7) State route number 106 beginning at the junction with state route number 101 in the vicinity of Union, thence northeasterly to the junction with state route number 3 in the vicinity of Belfair.
(8) State route number 123 beginning at a junction with state route number 12 at Ohanapecosh junction in the vicinity west of White pass, thence in a northerly direction to a junction with state route number 410 at Cayuse junction in the vicinity west of Chinook pass.
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State route number 165 beginning at the northwest entrance to Mount Rainier
national park, thence in a northerly direction to a junction with state route
number 162 east of the town of South Prairie.
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State route number 206, Mt. Spokane Park Drive, beginning at the junction with
state route number 2 near the north line section 3, township 26 N, range 43 E,
thence northeasterly to a point in section 28, township 28 N, range 45 E at the
entrance to Mt. Spokane state park.
(11) State route number 305, beginning at the ferry slip at Winslow on Bainbridge Island, thence northwesterly by way of Agate Pass bridge to a junction with state route number 3 approximately four miles northwest of Poulsbo.
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State route number 410 beginning at the crossing of Scatter creek approximately
six miles east of Enumclaw, thence in an easterly direction by way of Chinook
pass to a junction of state route number 12 and state route number 410.
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State route number 706 beginning at a junction with state route number 7 at
Elbe thence in an easterly direction to the southwest entrance to Mount Rainier
national park.
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(14) State route number 970 beginning at a junction with state route
number 90 in the vicinity of Cle Elum thence via Teanaway to a junction with
state route number 97 in the vicinity of Virden.
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