§ 64.275. Annual Billboard Sign Permit.

An annual billboard permit must be obtained and an annual permit fee paid for each billboard sign located within the City. No person shall operate, use, maintain, or cause to be operated, used, or maintained, any billboard sign within the City of Orlando without first obtaining an annual billboard permit to do so from the Office of Permitting Services and paying the required fee.

Submittals. Application for an annual billboard permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the City and a separate application shall be submitted for each permit requested. A permit shall be required for each billboard sign. Every application shall be accompanied by the appropriate permit fee as well as a signed statement by the owner of the site on which the billboard sign exists, authorizing placement of the billboard sign on that site.

The annual permit application shall contain at a minimum the following information: (a) the full name and current mailing address of the owner or owners of the billboard sign; (b) the street address of the property on which the billboard sign is located; (c) the state permit tag number (if any) for the billboard sign; (d) the real estate identification number for the real property on which the billboard sign is located, together with the full name and mailing address of the owner or owners of the real property; (e) the value of the billboard sign as reported for purposes of the prior calendar year's tangible personal property tax return; (f) the billboard sign's size in square footage; (g) the billboard sign's height from ground level to the top of the sign; (h) whether the billboard sign is illuminated; (i) whether the billboard sign is a tri-vision sign or incorporates any rotation or other mechanical movement; (j) the billboard sign's type of construction (wooden, I-Beam, or monopole) and the number of supports; and (k) the undepreciated value of the billboard sign for income tax purposes.

Annual Permit Fee Amount. The annual billboard sign permit fee shall be established by resolution of the City Council from time to time.

General Requirements Concerning the Permit. For each permit issued, the applicant shall be furnished a serially numbered tag to be affixed to the billboard sign structure. The permittee is responsible for maintaining a valid permit tag on each billboard sign at all times. The tag shall be displayed on the support member or pole closest to the nearest street and must be clearly visible from the nearest street at all times. The permit shall become voidable upon noncompliance with these requirements. The permit shall become void unless the permit tag is properly and permanently displayed at the permitted site within fifteen (15) days after the date of permit issuance. A billboard sign shall become unlawful if its permit is not renewed, or if the conditions imposed by City Council are not maintained and thirty (30) days have passed from notice of such. Within the thirty (30) days of notice the permittee may appeal the decision of the Zoning Official.

Landscaping and Visibility. Landscaping will be provided, where appropriate, and maintained by billboard permittees, and visibility for permitted billboards may be maintained through properly permitted maintenance of foliage and landscaping.

Valid for Approved Location Only. A permit is valid only for the location for which it is specifically issued. A permit or a tag may not be transferred from one location to another.

Control of Site. As a prerequisite of obtaining a permit an applicant must present evidence of applicant's control over the site of the billboard sign.

Expiration of Billboard Permit. All annual billboard permits and tags expire annually on September 30.

Existing Billboards. All billboard signs existing in the City of Orlando at the time of the effective date of this Chapter shall be required to bear a valid permit tag within one hundred twenty (120) days of that date.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25101; Ord. of 4-20-1992, Doc. #25637; Ord. of 2-21-1994, Doc. #27277; Ord. of 5-5-1997, Doc. #30246; Ord. of 9-11-2000, § 22, Doc. #33225)

Editor's note

Ord. of 9-11-2000, § 22, Doc. #332255, renumbered the former § 64.280 as 64.275.