CHAPTER 519

An Act to amend and reenact § 88-808, as amended, and § 88-808, as
amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees for Outdoor "Ad-

vertising. 'S 3021
Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 33-303, as amended, and 33-308, as amended, of the Code
of Virginia, be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 33-303. No person shall engage or continue in the business of
outdoor advertising in this State outside of the corporate limits of
municipalities without first obtaining a license therefor from the Com-
missioner. The fee for such license, hereby imposed for revenue for
the use of the State, shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum,
payable annually in advance. Applications for licenses, or renewal of
licenses, shall be made on forms furnished by the Commissioner, shall
contain such information as the Commissioner may require and shall
be accompanied by the annual fee. Licenses granted under this section
shall expire on the thirty-first day of December 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.

§ 33-308. A separate application for a permit shall be made for
each separate advertisement or advertising structure, on a form fur-
nished by the 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 ac-
curacy to enable the Commissioner to identify such advertisement or ad-
vertising 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 advertise-
ment or advertising structure for which the permit is sought, according
to the following schedule:

(1) One dollar and fifty cents if such area does not exceed seventy-
four square feet;

(2) * Siz dollars if such area exceed seventy-four square feet but
does not exceed four hundred and twenty-four square feet;

(3) * Eight dollars if such area exceeds four hundred and twenty-
aed square feet but does not exceed six hundred and twenty-four square
eet; an

(4) An additional * five dollars for each two hundred square feet
of such area in excess of six hundred and twenty-four square feet.

In the computation of fees under this section each side of an ad-
vertisement or advertising structure used or constructed to be used shall
be separately considered.

The fee shall be retained by the Commissioner if the permit is issued.
If the permit is refused, the Commissioner shall refund one-half the
application fee to the applicant if the application fees does not exceed
two dollars; if the application fee exceeds two dollars the Commissioner
shall upon refusal of the permit return to the applicant all of the applica-
tion fee in excess of two dollars.

In addition to the above, on any original application for an adver-
tisement or advertising structure there shall be imposed an inspection
charge of twelve dollars for any advertisement or advertising structure
to be located on an interstate or federal-aid primary highway and siz
dollars 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 acknowl-
edgments to deeds in this State, 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, main-
tain or display an existing advertisement or advertising structure.