§ 33.1-360. Permits required
Except as in this article otherwise provided, no person, whether engaged in the business of outdoor advertising or not, shall erect, use, maintain, post or display any advertisement or advertising structure in this Commonwealth, outside of municipalities, without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner and paying the annual fee therefor, as provided in this article. A permit shall be required for an off-premises sign, advertisement, or advertising structure authorized by § 33.1-370 if it is located within a municipality and is visible from the main traveled way of any interstate, federal-aid primary, or national highway system highway unless the owner of such sign, advertisement, or advertising structure has entered in a Certification Acceptance Program as described in § 33.1-351. Owners of signs, advertisements, or advertising structures within municipalities shall have until December 1, 1993, to obtain a permit from the Commissioner or to remove the sign, advertisement, or advertising structure. The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall notify the owners of known signs, advertisements, or advertising structures within municipalities by August 1, 1993.
No bond or permit shall be required for the posting or display of any advertisement posted or displayed on any advertising structure or space for which a permit has been issued or renewed for the then current calendar year under the provisions of this article unless such permit has been revoked.
(Code 1950, § 33-307; 1970, c. 322; 1993, c. 538.)
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