§ 17.216.240. Outdoor advertising structure license.

A.

License Required. After December 31, 1990, it is unlawful for any person or entity to own an outdoor advertising structure within the city limits of the city of Salisbury unless the person or entity has a current annual license issued by the city of Salisbury for such outdoor advertising structure and the annual license fee has been paid to the city treasurer. A license is required for each outdoor advertising structure owned by such person or entity.

B.

All applications for an outdoor advertising structure license shall be filed with the director of the department of infrastructure and development and shall state, under oath, the following:

1.

The name and address of the owner of the outdoor advertising structure and the name and address of the owner of the property on which the outdoor advertising structure is located;

2.

Whether the outdoor advertising structure was constructed in accordance with state and city regulations in effect at the time of construction;

3.

The approximate location of the outdoor advertising structure and the approximate location of buildings on the property where the outdoor advertising structure is located;

4.

The size, height, setback, type and number of faces on each outdoor advertising structure;

5.

The date of the construction of the outdoor advertising structure and the company number, state permit number and city building permit number, if any.

C.

Any outdoor advertising structure which has not been licensed by the city of Salisbury or for which the license fee has not been paid by January 1st of each year, commencing January 1st, 1991, shall be removed within sixty (60) days of written notification of such failure sent by the director of the department of infrastructure and development to the owner of the outdoor advertising structure or to the owner of the land upon which the outdoor advertising structure is located.

D.

All outdoor advertising structure licenses shall expire on the last day of December of each year following January 1, 1991. All existing outdoor advertising structures must be licensed and the license fee paid by January 1, 1991.

E.

Such license issued for an outdoor advertising structure shall be displayed on the lower right corner of the outdoor advertising structure. Each license shall contain the name of the owner of the outdoor advertising structure and the current address and phone number of the owner of the outdoor advertising structure.

F.

The license fee for each outdoor advertising structure for the calendar year 2011 shall be fifty cents ($0.50) per square foot of sign surface area of such structure and hereafter the rate shall be set in the budget adopted annually by the city council of the city of Salisbury.

G.

Any owner of an outdoor advertising structure and owner of land upon which an outdoor advertising structure is located which is not licensed as provided in this chapter or who violates any of the terms of this chapter after January 1, 1991, shall be guilty of a municipal infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than four hundred dollars ($400.00) for each offense. Each day the outdoor advertising structure exists without a license or in violation of this chapter shall be a separate offense.

H.

Any owner who violates the provisions of this chapter and is convicted of such violations two times for the same outdoor advertising structure shall have its license revoked and shall immediately remove the unlicensed outdoor advertising structure or the outdoor advertising structure that violates the terms of this chapter. Any owner of an outdoor advertising structure who fails to obtain its owner's license by January 1st of each year will be assessed a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for each day from January 1st until the license is obtained.

(Ord. 1976 (part), 2005; Ord. 1553, 1993; prior code § 150-265.1)

(Ord. No. 2107, 5-24-2010; Ord. No. 2459, 10-9-2017 )