Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 730 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 35 - Maintenance and Control of State Highway System › Subchapter 5 - Highway Advertising Control › Section 730:35-5-4 - Licensing outdoor advertising businesses

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall
				engage in, or continue in, the outdoor advertising business by the erection
				and/or maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, or devices in the
				adjacent area or control area on any Interstate or Primary highway in this
				State without first obtaining a license from the Department authorizing such
				person, firm, or corporation to conduct such business as an outdoor advertising
				company. The license fee shall be payable in advance, by certified check or
				money order only, in the amount of four hundred dollars ($400.00). Each license
				shall expire on June 30 of each year and the license fee shall not be prorated
				for a part of a year. Applications for licenses shall be made upon forms
				provided by the Department and shall state the name and address of the
				applicant and such additional information as may be required by the Department
				for the purpose of administering the Act. The information contained in the
				application shall be verified under oath by the applicant, a partner of the
				firm or an authorized officer of the corporation.
(b) Applications for renewals of licenses
				shall be made to the Department, upon forms provided by the Department, on or
				prior to June 1st preceding the expiration date. Applications shall be
				accompanied by the annual renewal fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00), payable
				by certified check or money order only. Renewal applications shall contain such
				information as may be required by the Department for the purpose of
				administering the Act and the information thus submitted shall be verified
				under oath of the applicant, a partner of the firm or an authorized officer of
				the corporation.
(c) Any person,
				firm, or corporation erecting only outdoor advertising signs, displays, and
				devices which advertise his own business, products, or profession, and which
				signs are located upon the property where such business is conducted, products
				sold, or profession practiced, shall not be considered as being in the outdoor
				advertising business and shall not be required to obtain a license or sign
				permit from the Department.
(d) A
				late fee consisting of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month or any part thereof
				shall be charged by the Department for any late filing for a license or license
				renewal. (Date of receipt will be determined by postmark.) All such fees are to
				be payable in advance by certified check or money order only.
(e) Failure to obtain a license as required
				by this rule or failure to renew a license when required shall immediately
				cause all outdoor advertising signs owned by the party to be in violation of
				these regulations and therefore a public nuisance subject to removal as
				provided by law.
(f) Providing
				false information on the application or renewal shall be sufficient grounds to
				deny the license or license renewal.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
				  4695, eff 10-11-93; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 1384, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 26 Ok
				  Reg 1703, eff 7-1-09