Section 105IAC9-4-14. RV friendly symbols

   (a) Any specific service sign may include a symbol to indicate that a business facility has facilities that are designed to accommodate the on-site movement and parking of recreational vehicles, if:

(1) Roadway access and egress are:

(A) hard surface;

(B) free of potholes; and

(C) at least twelve (12) feet wide with a minimum swing radius of at least fifty (50) feet to enter and exit the business facility.

(2) Roadway access, egress, and internal parking facilities and fuel facility canopies shall have the following:

(A) At least fourteen (14) feet of clearance that is clear of tree branches, or other obstructions.

(B) At least seventeen (17) feet of clearance that is clear of any electrical wires, but electrical wires that are both firmly and permanently attached to fuel canopies may have a clearance of not less than fourteen (14) feet.

(3) If the business facility requires short-term parking, such as a restaurant or tourist attraction, it has two (2) or more spaces that are at least twelve (12) feet wide and sixty-five (65) feet long with a swing radius of at least fifty (50) feet to enter and exit the parking spaces.

(4) Fueling facilities selling diesel fuel shall have pumps with noncommercial nozzles.

(5) Fueling facilities allow for pull-through with a swing radius of at least fifty (50) feet.

(6) Campgrounds have two (2) or more spaces that are at least eighteen (18) feet wide and forty-five (45) feet long.

(7) The business facility posts directional signing on its site, as needed, to parking spaces and other on-site services for recreational vehicles, so that the motorist is given additional guidance upon leaving the public highway and entering the business facility's property.

  (b) The RV friendly symbol dimensions must meet the current requirements for the RV friendly symbol found in the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (IMUTCD) as adopted by order of the commissioner of the department under IC 9-21-2. RV friendly symbols that do not meet the requirements in a new edition of the IMUTCD shall be removed within three (3) months of the adoption of the new edition of the IMUTCD. (Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 9-4-14; filed Sep 24, 2010, 1:43 p.m.: 20101020-IR-105100004FRA; readopted filed Oct 2, 2013, 11:39 a.m.: 20131030-IR-105130295RFA)

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