86.195 Specific information signs.

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(1)Definitions. Unless defined differently in this section, the terms used in this section are defined in accordance with the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted by the department under s. 84.02

(e). In this section:

(am)“Business” includes an attraction, whether public or private, described in sub.

(e).

(ar)“Business sign” means a separately attached sign mounted on the rectangular sign panel to show the brand, symbol, trademark, or name, or combination of these, for a motorist service available on a crossroad at or near an interchange or an intersection.

(c)“Motorist service” means a business which qualifies under sub.

(3).

(d)“Specific information sign” means a rectangular sign panel which displays:

1. One or more of the words “GAS”, “FOOD”, “LODGING”, “CAMPING”, or “ATTRACTION”;

2. Directional information; and

3. One or more business signs.

(2)Signs and fees.

(a)Except as provided in par.

(ag), the department may authorize the erection and maintenance of a specific information sign upon the request of any person within the right-of-way of a federal-aid primary highway or within the right-of-way of a federal-aid secondary highway under the jurisdiction of the department, except that no specific information sign may be erected within any city, village or town unless the specific information sign is erected in compliance with rules promulgated by the department for such signs in a city, village or town.

(ag)On and after May 8, 1990, the department may not authorize the erection of a specific information sign under par.

(a)unless the highway is one of the following highways under the jurisdiction of the department:

1. I 43 from I 90 at Beloit to USH 41 at Green Bay.

2. I 90 from the state line in Rock County to the state line in La Crosse County.

3. I 94 from the state line in Kenosha County to the state line in St. Croix County.

4. STH 11 from STH 81 west of Monroe to STH 50 at Delavan.

5. STH 11 from I 43 at Elkhorn to STH 32 at Racine.

6. STH 13 from STH 97 at Marshfield to STH 182 at Park Falls.

7. STH 16 from STH 67 at Oconomowoc to I 94 at Waukesha.

8. STH 21 from I 94 north of Tomah to CTH “Z” in the town of Strongs Prairie in Adams County and from STH 13 north of the village of Friendship in Adams County to I 41 at Oshkosh.

9. STH 23 from STH 44 at Ripon to I 43 at Sheboygan.

10. STH 26 from I 90 at Janesville to USH 41 south of Oshkosh.

11. STH 29 from I 41 at Green Bay to I 94 northwest of Elk Mound.

12. STH 33 from I 41 at Allenton to STH 32 at Port Washington.

13. STH 36 from STH 50 at Springfield to STH 100 southwest of Milwaukee.

14. STH 50 from STH 120 at Lake Geneva to STH 32 at Kenosha.

15. USH 53 from I 94 at Eau Claire to I 535 at Superior.

16. STH 57 from I 43 at Green Bay to Sturgeon Bay.

16m. STH 172 from I 43 southeast of Green Bay to I 41 at Ashwaubenon.

17. USH 2 from USH 53 east of Superior to the state line in Iron County.

18. USH 8 from the state line in Polk County to USH 53 west of Cameron.

19. USH 8 from USH 51 southeast of Bradley to STH 47 at Monico.

20. USH 10 from STH 13 south of Marshfield to STH 42 at Manitowoc.

21. USH 12 from the state line in Walworth County to STH 67 north of Elkhorn.

22. USH 12 from I 90 east of Madison to I 90 north of Wisconsin Dells.

23. USH 18 from STH 35 at Prairie du Chien to USH 151 east of Dodgeville.

24. USH 41 from STH 181 at Milwaukee to the state line in Marinette County.

25. USH 45 from I 41 at Richfield to STH 28 at Kewaskum.

26. USH 45 from I 41 at the city of Oshkosh to USH 8 at Monico.

27. USH 51 from STH 78 north of Portage to USH 2 at Hurley.

28. USH 63 from I 94 south of Baldwin to USH 2 west of Ashland.

29. STH 64 from the state line in St. Croix County to the easternmost junction with USH 63 east of New Richmond.

30. USH 78 from I 90 south of Portage to USH 51 north of Portage.

31. USH 141 from I 43 northwest of Green Bay to the state line in Marinette County.

32. USH 151 from STH 11 south of Dickeyville to CTH “WH” northeast of Fond du Lac in Fond du Lac County.

33. STH 441 between the Roland Kampo Bridge and I 41 in the city of Appleton, designated as the Tri-County Expressway, in Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties.

34. USH 53 from I 90 at the city of Onalaska to STH 35 north of Holmen.

35. USH 14 from USH 12/18 at Madison to STH 138 at Oregon.

36. USH 12 from CTH “P” southeast of the city of Whitewater in Walworth County to Tri-County Road in Rock County.

1. Subject to sub.

(c), upon the request of any person, the department may authorize the installation and maintenance of a business sign on an existing specific information sign.

3. The person requesting installation of a business sign shall provide, at his or her expense, a business sign which meets specifications established by the department.

4. Nothing in this section prohibits a person requesting installation of a business sign under sub.

(e)from advertising or displaying information on any sign under s. 84.30 , subject to any limitation on such signs under s. 84.30 .