Section 105IAC9-4-9. Size and design; composition; general specifications

   (a) The specific service signs shall have a blue reflectorized background with a white reflectorized border. The size of the specific service signs shall not exceed the minimum size necessary to accommodate the maximum number of logo panels permitted using the required legend height and the interline and edge spacing of current standards of the Indiana Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

  (b) Logo panels shall have a blue background with white legend and border, except where standard business identification symbols or trademarks provide a background color. Signs shall be manufactured from sheet aluminum (eighty-thousandths (.080) inches thick) with reflective sheeting. The principal legend should be at least equal in height to the directional legend on the specific service sign panel. Where business identification symbols or trademarks are used for a logo panel, the border may be omitted. The symbol or trademark shall be reproduced in the color and general design consistent with customary use, and any integral legend shall be in proportionate size. Messages, symbols, or trademarks which resemble any official traffic control device or tend to direct traffic are prohibited. The vertical and horizontal spacing between logo panels on specific service signs shall not exceed eight (8) inches and twelve (12) inches respectively.

  (c) All directional arrows and all letters and numbers used in the name of the type of service and the directional legend shall be white and reflectorized. (Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 9-4-9; filed Aug 13, 1984, 2:54 p.m.: 7 IR 2327; errata, 7 IR 2546; readopted filed Nov 7, 2001, 3:20 p.m.: 25 IR 899; filed Mar 21, 2002, 4:40 p.m.: 25 IR 2440; readopted filed Jun 14, 2007, 2:45 p.m.: 20070627-IR-105070237RFA; readopted filed Oct 2, 2013, 11:39 a.m.: 20131030-IR-105130295RFA) NOTE: Transferred from Department of Highways (120 IAC 4-5-9) to Indiana Department of Transportation (105 IAC 9-4-9) by P.L.112-1989, SECTION 5, effective July 1, 1989.