Nevada Administrative Code

NAC 408.708 “District engineer” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “District engineer” means the supervisor or head of a district office of the Department. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.710 “Exiting terminal” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Exiting terminal” means any roadway by which traffic may leave the main traveled way of an expressway or freeway in order to reach the general system of roads. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. …

NAC 408.712 “Expressway” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Expressway” means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access and generally with grade separations at major intersections. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9…

NAC 408.714 “Freeway” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Freeway” means an expressway with full control of access. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.716 “Highway” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Highway” means a public way for purposes of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of-way. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.718 “Interchange” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Interchange” means a system of interconnecting roadways, in conjunction with one or more grade separations, for the movement of traffic between two or more roadways on different levels. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of …

NAC 408.720 “Intersection” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Intersection” means the general area where two or more roadways join or cross. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.722 “Main traveled way” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Main traveled way” means that portion of a roadway used for the movement of traffic, but does not include a frontage road, entering and exiting terminals and areas for parking. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Tra…

NAC 408.724 “Panel” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Panel” means a rectangular board or sheet which contains the legend “ATTRACTION,” “GAS,” “FOOD,” “LODGING” or “CAMPING,” each of which may contain directional information, one or more business signs or any combination …

NAC 408.726 “Qualified business” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Qualified business” means a business furnishing an attraction, gas, food, lodging or service for camping to the traveling public. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86; A by R134-98, 12-17…

NAC 408.728 “Responsible operator” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Responsible operator” means a person who owns or manages a qualified business who has the authority to apply for the placement of a business sign. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.730 “Roadway” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Roadway” means the portion of a highway, including shoulders, for vehicular use and, for a divided highway, is that portion provided for traffic moving in one direction. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff.…

NAC 408.732 “Rural area” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Rural area” means an area of the State whose population is 20,000 or less. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.734 “Trade name” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Trade name” means a name, distinctive symbol, trademark or brand name used to identify a qualified business. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.736 “Traffic Engineer” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Traffic Engineer” means the Chief Traffic Engineer of the Department. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.738 “Trailblazer” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Trailblazer” means a small panel placed on a crossroad to assist the traveling public in locating the qualified business. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.740 “Visible” defined. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) “Visible” means capable of being seen without visual aid by a person of normal visual acuity. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86)

NAC 408.742 Applicability. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 408.774 to 408.792, inclusive, NAC 408.700 to 408.830, inclusive, apply to the interstate and the state highway system. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86; A by R134…

NAC 408.744 Installation and location. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. Panels must be installed primarily in rural areas where services to motorists are available, but if the Department determines that the terrain or relocation of a business indicates a need for panels in an u…

NAC 408.746 Order of placement. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) The panels for each type of available service or activity from qualified businesses must be placed on the main traveled way so that the traveling motorists, while proceeding in the direction of traffic, encounter the…

NAC 408.748 Contents; limit on number of business signs displayed; possible urban area limitation. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a single panel for each type of service or activity offered by a business for an attraction, camping…

NAC 408.750 Types of services or activities for which business signs may be displayed on panel. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) The type of service or activity for which a business sign may be displayed on a panel is limited to providing an attraction, gasoline, food, lodging or …

NAC 408.751 Qualifications of service: Providing attraction. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) If the type of service or activity of a qualified business is providing an attraction, the qualified business must: 1. Be open to all persons regardless of age, race, religion, color, sex…

NAC 408.752 Qualifications of service: Selling gasoline. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) If the type of service is selling gasoline, it must: 1. Provide services for vehicles, including fuel, oil, repair of tires and water; 2. Have restrooms and drinking water; 3. Be in continuou…

NAC 408.754 Qualifications of service: Providing food. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) If the type of service is providing food, it must: 1. Be licensed, where required, as a service or facility where food is served; 2. Be in continuous operation for the daily serving of noon and…

NAC 408.756 Qualifications of service: Providing lodging. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) If the type of service is providing lodging, it must: 1. Be licensed, where required, as a service or facility for lodging; 2. Have adequate sleeping accommodations; and 3. Provide telephone…

NAC 408.758 Qualifications of service: Providing space for camping. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) If the type of service is providing space for camping, it must: 1. Be licensed, where required, as a service or facility for camping; 2. Have adequate parking; 3. Have drinking wat…

NAC 408.760 Location of qualified business. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 408.751 and 408.800, a qualified business must be located within 1 mile of an interchange or intersection, measured by the distance from the center point of the interch…

NAC 408.762 Supplemental panels. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. If a qualified business is not visible from any part of the exiting terminal, a supplemental panel must be placed on the exiting terminal at such location as will serve best the motoring public and will be compat…

NAC 408.764 Panels: Design of borders and size. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) A panel must have a blue background with a white border which is reflectorizing. The size of the panel must not exceed the minimum size necessary to accommodate the maximum number of allowable busines…

NAC 408.766 Design of business signs. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) A business sign must have a blue background with a white legend and a white border. The principal legend must be at least equal in height to the directional legend on the panel. If only a trade name is used on …

NAC 408.768 Design of panels: Directional arrows and legends; restriction; spaces between business signs. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. Directional arrows and directional legends used on a panel must reflectorize and must be white. 2. Any trade name resembling an official de…

NAC 408.770 Required contents of panels and supplemental panels. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) Panels and supplemental panels must bear the legend “ATTRACTION,” “GAS,” “FOOD,” “LODGING” or “CAMPING,” as applicable, and one or more horizontal rows of business signs, with a direc…

NAC 408.772 Trailblazers: Placement and lettering. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) A trailblazer may be installed at the intersection of state highways or at the intersection of a state highway and a county road or city street if the trailblazer can be placed on the state highway…

NAC 408.774 Provisions applicable to interstate highway system and freeways. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) In addition to the other requirements in NAC 408.700 to 408.830, inclusive, the requirements in NAC 408.776 to 408.788, inclusive, apply to the interstate highway system a…

NAC 408.776 Location of panel. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) Each panel must be erected between the previous intersection or interchange and no less than 800 feet in advance of the exiting terminal at the interchange or the intersection from which the services of a qualified bu…

NAC 408.778 Restrictions on location of panel. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) A panel must not be erected at an interchange or intersection where the motorist cannot conveniently reenter the freeway and continue in the same direction of travel, at interchanges between a freeway …

NAC 408.780 Supplemental panels. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. At an interchange with a single exit where qualified businesses are not visible from the exiting terminal, supplemental panels must be installed along the exiting terminal and may be provided along the crossroad.…

NAC 408.782 Contents of panels. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. At an interchange with a single exit, the type of service or activity followed by the number of the exit must be displayed on a panel in a single line above the business signs. At an interchange which is not numbe…

NAC 408.786 Size of business signs. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) Each business sign, including the border, displayed on a panel must be contained within a 48-inch-wide and a 36-inch-high rectangular area. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86; A by R134-98, 12…

NAC 408.788 Lettering on panels. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) The directional legend on a panel and all letters used to depict the type of service must be in 10-inch capital letters. Numbers must be 10 inches in height. (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Transportation, eff. 9-16-86) E…

NAC 408.790 Provisions applicable to expressways. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) Except as otherwise provided in NAC 408.792, the provisions of NAC 408.778 to 408.788, inclusive, apply to panels, supplemental panels and business signs located on an expressway. (Added to NAC by D…

NAC 408.792 Placement of panels. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. Each panel must be erected between intersections and no less than 300 feet in advance of the intersection from which the service of a qualified business is available. The spacing between panels and between panels…

NAC 408.796 Period of acceptance; method for ranking applicants. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. If the Department desires to place business signs on a new panel, the Department or its contractor will do the following: (a) Accept applications for a period of 30 days after the …

NAC 408.798 Application by responsible operator: Contents; assurances. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. The responsible operator of a business must submit an application on a form specified by the Department and pay the appropriate fees for the first year. The applicant shall s…

NAC 408.800 Acceptance of applications of businesses located more than 1 mile from interchange or intersection. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) 1. If there are not enough businesses serving motorists located within 1 mile from the interchange or intersection submitting applicatio…

NAC 408.802 Approval of application by Traffic Engineer. (NRS 408.215, 408.557, 410.400) The Traffic Engineer shall approve an original application or application for renewal if he or she determines that the applicant’s business complies with the criteria for the placement of a b…