Code of Virginia - Title 33.1 Highways, Bridges And Ferries - Section 33.1-361 Applications for permits; fees

§ 33.1-361. Applications for permits; fees

A separate application for a permit shall be made for each separate advertisement or advertising structure, on a form furnished by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner, which application shall be signed by the applicant or his representative duly authorized in writing to act for him and shall describe and set forth the size, shape and the nature of the advertisement or advertising structure it is proposed to post, display, erect or maintain and its actual or proposed location with sufficient accuracy to enable the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner to identify such advertisement or advertising structure and to find its actual or proposed location.

Each application shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined as follows on the basis of the area of the advertisement or advertising structure for which the permit is sought, according to the following schedule:

1. Three dollars if such area does not exceed thirty-two square feet;

2. Five dollars and fifty cents if such area exceeds thirty-two square feet but does not exceed seventy-four square feet;

3. Twenty dollars if such area exceeds seventy-four square feet but does not exceed 424 square feet;

4. Twenty-five dollars if such area exceeds 424 square feet but does not exceed 624 square feet; and

5. An additional fifteen dollars for each 200 square feet of such area in excess of 624 square feet except, within municipalities, the fifteen-dollar fee for each additional 200 square feet of such area in excess of 624 square feet shall not apply.

In the computation of fees under this section, each side of advertisement or advertising structure used or constructed to be used shall be separately considered.

The fee shall be retained by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner if the permit is issued. If the permit is refused, the Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall refund one-half the application fee to the applicant.

In addition to the above, on any original application for an advertisement or advertising structure there shall be imposed an inspection charge of fifty dollars for any advertisement or advertising structure to be located on an interstate, federal-aid primary, or national highway system highway and twenty-five dollars on any other highway. Inspection fees shall not be charged within municipalities for any such sign, advertisement, or advertising structure in existence on July 1, 1993.

Each application shall be accompanied by the written consent, or in lieu thereof a copy certified by an officer authorized to take acknowledgments to deeds in this Commonwealth, of the owner of the real property upon which such advertisement or advertising structure is to be erected, used, maintained, posted or displayed, or of such other person having the legal right to grant such consent, or of the duly authorized agent of such owner, or other person; provided, that in the marsh or meadowland owned by the Commonwealth along either side of the causeway leading from the mainland to the town of Chincoteague, the legal right to grant such consent shall be vested in the governing body of such town.

Application shall be made in like manner for a permit to use, maintain or display an existing advertisement or advertising structure.

(Code 1950, § 33-308; 1954, c. 588; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 20; 1964, c. 619; 1968, c. 519; 1970, c. 322; 1979, c. 216; 1993, c. 538.)

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