Section 201.07. Sign permit requirements.

 

(1)  Requests may be submitted to the department for permits to erect or maintain specific signs at defined locations in a manner to be visible from a travel lane of a controlled highway. A separate application shall be presented to describe each such sign proposed, shall be presented on forms furnished by the department, and shall include a $175 nonrefundable application fee and all information and exhibits which the application form requires. No permit fee may be required to amend or supplement a defective permit application for a particular location for which an application fee was paid, provided the amendment or supplemental materials are provided to the department within 60 days of denial of the permit application or a request for supplemental materials.

(2)  A new sign permit shall automatically expire one year after issuance if the sign permitted has not been erected and the permit holder has not received an extension from the department. The department may for good cause grant one 6-month extension of a new sign permit.

(3)  This section does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Official signs and notices as defined in s. Trans 201.05 (1) (d) .

(b) Public utility signs as defined in s. Trans 201.05 (1) (e) .

(c) Public service signs as defined in s. Trans 201.05 (1) (g) .

(d) Political signs as defined in s. Trans 201.16 (1) , if exempt from permit requirements under s. Trans 201.16 (2) .

(e) Real estate signs as defined in s. Trans 201.17 (1) if exempt from permit requirements under s. Trans 201.17 (3) .

(f) Farm signs as defined in s. Trans 201.18 (1) (b) if exempt from permit requirements under s. Trans 201.18 (2) .

(g) Agricultural test plot signs as defined in s. Trans 201.18 (1) (a) if exempt from permit requirements under s. Trans 201.18 (3) .

(h) Service club and religious notice signs as defined in s. Trans 201.05 (1) (f) .

Cr. Register, September, 1972, No. 201 , eff. 10-1-72; am. Register, May, 1977, No. 257 , eff. 6-1-77; renum. from Hy 19.07 and am., Register, July, 1980, No. 295 , eff. 8-1-80; cr. (2), Register, July, 1983, No. 331 , eff. 8-1-83; am. (1), cr. (3), Register, April, 2001, No. 544 , eff. 5-1-01; correction in (3) (g) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register February 2005 No. 590 .