Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-10 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGN REGULATION AND HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM › Section 14-10.004 - Outdoor Advertising Permit Applications, Criteria, and Permit Issuance

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Applications. An application for a new
				sign permit is made by completing and submitting an Application for Outdoor
				Advertising Permit, Form 575-070-04, Rev. 6/15, incorporated herein by
				reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05475
to the address listed in paragraph
				14-10.0011(2)(a),
				F.A.C. Each application for a sign permit shall meet the requirements of
				Chapter 479, F.S., this rule chapter, and the 1972 Federal-State Agreement,
				incorporated herein by reference at
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05479
.
				In the event of a conflict between a provision in the 1972 Federal-State
				Agreement and a provision of Chapter 479, F.S., the more restrictive provision
				shall apply.
(a) A separate application is
				required for each sign permit requested (i.e. a back to back sign will require
				two applications). Separate payment for each application is recommended to
				avoid denial of multiple applications should one application be
				denied.
(b) Prior to issuing a sign
				permit, the Department will inspect the proposed sign site for compliance with
				Chapter 479, F.S., and this rule chapter. To ensure that the site being
				inspected is the same site specified in the application, the applicant shall
				mark the proposed site in such a manner that the markings are visible from the
				main-traveled way. The markings shall be displayed upon submission of the
				application, and shall be maintained by the applicant until the Department has
				approved or denied the application.
(c) The Department will act on sign permit
				applications in order of the date and time of receipt of complete applications.
1. An application will be considered complete
				when all items on the application form have been filled in, all required
				attachments have been received, and the correct permit fees have been
				submitted. All information provided on the application must be certified as
				being true and correct. Information required on the application from the local
				zoning official providing allowable land use and local government approval,
				must be current as of the date the complete application is received by the
				Department and the applicant must demonstrate that the conditions are still in
				effect.
2. Applications submitted
				with payment that will become void within 30 days from the Department receipt
				will be returned as incomplete.
3.
				Applications containing incorrect information will be denied.
4. Incomplete sign permit applications will
				be returned to the applicant along with any sign permit fees submitted with the
				application.
5. Completion of, or
				corrections to, the original submitted document must be initialed by the
				applicant on the original application.
6. Pursuant to Section
				479.07(3)(b),
				F.S., the written statement from the landowner must have been issued to the
				applicant, or on behalf of the applicant. If a lease document is submitted as
				the statement from the landowner, the applicant must be the named lessee, or
				the document must be accompanied by a properly executed transfer of the
				leasehold rights to the applicant. The written statement must:
a. Identify the property on which the sign is
				to be located;
b. Indicate that the
				person authorizing placement of the sign on the property is the owner or the
				person in lawful control of the property. If the person authorizing placement
				of the sign is not the owner of the property, the legal status which gives him
				or her lawful control of the property must be indicated;
c. Grant the permission to or on behalf of
				the applicant; and,
d. Authorize
				placement of the sign on the subject
				property.