§ 136-89.59. Highway rest area refreshments. - North Carolina Statutes

§136‑89.59.  Highway rest area refreshments.

All civic, nonprofit, orcharitable corporations and organizations are authorized to serve nonalcoholicrefreshments to motorists at rest areas and welcome centers located on control‑accessfacilities in accordance with the following conditions:

(1)        Thirty‑daypermits shall be issued without cost by the Highway  Division Engineer. Permitsshall be subject to revocation by the State Highway Administrator forviolations of this section. The applicant must be a nonprofit organizationshowing a record of concern for automotive, highway, or driver safety.

(2)        The activity must becarried on solely within the safety rest area free from any ramp or otherservice used for the movement of vehicles.

(3)        The activity must beconducted for the express purpose of improving the safety of highway travel andthe advertisement of any product by any organization shall not be permitted.

(4)        The refreshment andany other service offered must be free of charge to the motorist.

(5)        Signs shall bedisplayed by the corporation or organization,  and the Department ofTransportation is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulationsgoverning the size, content and location of such signs. (1973,c. 1346; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1981, c. 545, ss. 1, 2.)