§ 33.1-356. License required of outdoor advertiser
No person shall engage or continue in the business of outdoor advertising in this Commonwealth outside of the corporate limits of municipalities or within the corporate limits of municipalities if their off-premises sign, advertisement, or advertising structure is visible from the main traveled way of any interstate, federal-aid primary, or national highway system highway without first obtaining a license therefor from the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner. Persons engaged in the business of outdoor advertising who own signs, advertisements, or advertising structures visible from the main traveled way of any interstate, federal-aid primary, or national highway system highway within municipalities shall have until October 1, 1993, to obtain a license from the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner or remove such sign, advertisement, or advertising structure from the view from the main traveled way of any interstate, federal-aid primary, or national highway system highway. The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall notify persons known to be engaged in the business of outdoor advertising within municipalities by August 1, 1993, of the need to obtain a license. The fee for such license, hereby imposed for revenue for the use of the Commonwealth, shall be $500 per year, payable annually in advance. Applications for licenses, or renewal of licenses, shall be made on forms furnished by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, shall contain such information as the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner may require and shall be accompanied by the annual fee. Licenses granted under this section shall expire on December 31 of each year and shall not be prorated. Applications for renewal of licenses shall be made not less than thirty days prior to the date of expiration. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person who advertises upon a structure or fixture on his property or a licensed advertiser's structure or other space to obtain a license.
(Code 1950, § 33-303; 1954, c. 588; 1964, c. 619; 1968, c. 519; 1970, c. 322; 1979, c. 216; 1993, c. 538.)
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