2014 Virginia Code
Title 33.1 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
§ 33.1-361. (Repealed effective October 1, 2014) Applications for permits; fees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 Commissioner of Highways, 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 Commissioner of Highways 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. Fifteen dollars if such area does not exceed 74 square feet;

2. Thirty dollars if such area exceeds 74 square feet but does not exceed 1,824 square feet; and

3. One hundred sixty-five dollars if such area exceeds 1,824 square feet.

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. If the applicant elects to use an electronic application, the fee shall be reduced by $5 per application.

The fee shall be retained by the Commissioner of Highways if the permit is issued. If the permit is refused, the Commissioner of Highways 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 $50 for any advertisement or advertising structure to be located on an interstate, federal-aid primary, or national highway system highway and $25 on any other highway.

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; 2012, c. 145.