                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS; FEES (§ 33.2-1209)

A. 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 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.

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

   1. $15 if such area does not exceed 74 square feet;

   2. $30 if such area exceeds 74 square feet but does not exceed 1,824 square
   feet; and

   3. $165 if such area exceeds 1,824 square feet.
   				In the computation of fees under this subsection, each side of the
   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 of the application fee to the applicant.

C. In addition to the fees required by subsection B, 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 System, federal-aid primary, or National Highway System
highway and $25 for any advertisement or advertising structure to be located on
any other highway.

D. 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 the 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,
except 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 local governing body of
such town.

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

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 33-308; 1954, c. 588; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 20; 1964, c.
619; 1968, c. 519; 1970, c. 322, § 33.1-361; 1979, c. 216; 1993, c. 538; 2012,
c. 145; 2014, c. 805.