Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 37 - Transportation and Highways › Part 1 - Mississippi Department of Transportation › Subpart 7501 - Maintenance › Chapter 09002 - Control of Outdoor Advertising Adjacent to State Controlled Routes › PERMITS › Section 37-1-7501-09002-502 - Procedure

Current through June 25, 2024
Permits shall be administered in accord with the
						following procedure:
1. Each person or
					 company desiring to erect outdoor advertising subject to these regulations
					 shall make application on Form MND-800, Application for Permit to Erect Outdoor
					 Advertising Sign. Prior to submitting the completed form, the applicant shall
					 place a marker on the site of the proposed billboard indicating the exact
					 location of said billboard. Failure to place the marker on the site will result
					 in rejection of the permit. The applicant shall attach to the completed form a
					 certified copy of any permits required by the county and/or municipality in
					 which the proposed sign will be located. If the county and/or municipality does
					 not require a permit, the applicant shall furnish MDOT a certified signed copy
					 of a statement by the responsible official of that jurisdiction that a permit
					 is not required. The applicant shall also attach a copy of the deed for the
					 parcel on which the proposed sign is to be located as well as acknowledgement
					 in the permit application that no restrictions of outdoor advertising
					 structures exist in said document. The completed form and the permit fee of
					 eighty five dollars ($85.00) will be submitted to the State Maintenance
					 Engineer, in Jackson, Mississippi.
2. Upon receipt of an application in proper
					 form and the permit application fee, the State Maintenance Engineer or his/her
					 designated agent will inspect the proposed site location, authorized by the
					 signed landowner permission contained in the permit application, to insure the
					 site and view conforms to the requirements in this Rule, check all additional
					 information required, and photograph said sign location.
3. Following the inspection the State
					 Maintenance Engineer or his/her designated agent shall within ten (10) days,
					 grant or deny the application unless good cause exists for extending said
					 deadline for an additional ten (10) days and the applicant is notified prior to
					 the extension. If the sign is located within a municipality or county that
					 requires permitting of outdoor advertising in its jurisdiction, a certified
					 copy of the permit from said municipality or county must be attached to the
					 permit application. If the permit application lacks any of the information
					 required by Federal Law, Mississippi Law, or the provisions of this Rule, the
					 applicant will be allowed thirty (30) days from the date of notification to
					 correct deficiencies, after which the application will be void.
4. If the application is in order and
					 complies with the applicable Law as set out herein, the State Maintenance
					 Engineer or his appointed representative will approve the permit and enter the
					 permit number on the form.
5.
					 Copies of the approved permit will be distributed to the applicant and other
					 affected parties.
6. Upon receipt,
					 the permit fee will be forwarded to the Financial Management Division for
					 deposit with the State Treasurer.
7. After erection of the sign in conformance
					 with the permit, the applicant shall be required to place the Company Logo on
					 the sign structure in full view from the highway.
8. The applicant shall advise the State
					 Maintenance Engineer or designated agent in writing, as soon as the sign is
					 erected in order that a final inspection can be made and a sign marker, showing
					 the permit number, affixed to the sign.
9. After the sign is erected by permit the
					 designated agent will affix a sign marker to the sign structure in a prominent
					 location.
10. Each permit issued
					 shall have an initial term of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance. If
					 the sign structure has not been entirely erected (as specified by the permit)
					 during this term, the permit shall expire. No extensions of this initial term
					 will be granted. If the sign structure has not been erected during the 12 month
					 term and if the permittee still desires to erect an Outdoor Advertising
					 structure at the site, a new application and another eighty five dollar
					 ($85.00) fee must be submitted. Following the expiration of the initial term,
					 permittees of Outdoor Advertising structures erected within the allowed 12
					 month period will be required to pay an annual renewal fee of twenty ($20.00)
					 beginning the following July 1st, which shall begin
					 the secondary term of the permit.
a. The
					 secondary term of the permit shall end on the next following July
					 1st after payment of the renewal fee. The renewal
					 fee will be billed to the permit holder on July 1 of each year thereafter.
					 Failure to pay the renewal fee before September 1 of that same year will result
					 in revocation of the permit and the billboard will be declared an illegal sign
					 subject to immediate removal.