R918-7-3. Definitions

  (1) "Acknowledgement plaque" means a plaque that is intended only to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution has been sponsored by a person, firm, or entity. Acknowledgment plaques are installed only in the same sign assembly below a primary sign that provides the road user specific information on accessing the service being sponsored. Consistent with the MUTCD, a plaque legend is displayed on a separate substrate from that of the sign below which it is mounted.

  (2) "Acknowledgement Sign" has the same meaning as defined in Section 72-6-402.

  (3) "Advertisement/advertising sign" means a sign or other device that promotes commercial products or services through slogans, information on where to obtain the products and services, or other means.

  (4) "Department" and "UDOT" both mean the Utah Department of Transportation.

  (5) "Facility within a Rest Area" means an enclosed building, or freestanding bulletin board or partial enclosure within a Rest Area or Welcome Center, constructed by the Department for the purpose of providing specific information to the motorist as to services, places of interest within the State and other such information as the Department may consider desirable. This definition is intended to be consistent with 23 C.F.R. 752.7, which is hereby incorporated and made a part of this Rule R918-7-3(5).

  (6) "FHWA" means the Federal Highway Administration

  (7) "Legend" has the same meaning as in the MUTCD.

  (8) "Main Traveled Way" means the portion of the roadway for the movement of vehicles, exclusive of the shoulders, ramps, berms, sidewalks, and parking lanes.

  (9) "MUTCD" means the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, most recent edition as adopted by the Department in accordance with Section 41-6a-301, and Utah Administrative Rule R920-1, commonly called the Utah MUTCD.

  (10) "Recipient agency" means an organization that directly receives the highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution from the sponsor entity. The recipient agency might be the Department, or a contractor engaged by the Department to administer the highway-related service and/or manage the sponsorship program.

  (11) "Roadside Facility" means a facility constructed to support the highway system. Examples include Rest Areas, Welcome Centers, View Areas, Scenic Overlooks, Ports of Entry, Chain-Up Areas, etc.

  (12) "RWIS" means Road Weather Information System.

  (13) "Sponsor" means a person, firm, or entity that provides a monetary contribution, or highway-related service or product, to the recipient agency, in return for recognition in some form for doing so (such as logo display on an acknowledgement sign or plaque).

  (14) "Sponsorship agreement" has the same meaning as defined in Section 72-6-402.

  (15) "Sponsorship program" means a program that allows a person, a firm, or an entity to sponsor an element of the Department's highway operation through the provision of highway-related services, products, or monetary contributions.

  (16) "Traveler Service Programs" means systems developed to support the collection, analysis, and distribution of information about UDOT's highway network, or programs used to positively impact traffic operations and maintenance. These include systems such as UDOT's Internet web pages, UDOT Traffic Mobile Application (UDOT Traffic App), Traveler Information 511 System, Express Lanes, Zero Fatalities, and others.

  (17) "Visible" means the sign legend is capable of being seen by the viewer from the main traveled way