Okla. Admin. Code § 730:35-5-8

Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024

Section 730:35-5-8 - Data required for licensing, registration, and permit application and renewal application forms

(a) The Department shall require the following information and data from the applicant for the registration and permit for an outdoor advertising sign, display, or device. This information shall be written upon the application form supplied by the Department, or attached as collateral appendages thereto:

(1) One or more prints of a photograph of the staked or marked location, outdoor advertising sign, display, or device, taken contemporaneously with the date of the application, the print size to be as specified by the Department.

(2) Name and address of the applicant.

(3) Sign location data, including highway identification, county, municipality if pertinent, identification of nearest intersecting numbered state highway and, if specifically requested to resolve a location dispute, a plotted land survey giving the distance from that highway intersection, and the legal description of the real property tract upon which the sign is located.

(4) Name and address of the owner or owners of real property on which the sign is located.

(5) Whether or not the sign was erected and is being maintained under a lease or other authorizing agreement with the owner or owners of the real property on which the sign is located.

(6) Physical description of the sign as to size, sign panels, and sign facings arrangements, illumination, and contemporary sign advertising message.

(7) Whether or not the area in which the sign is located is zoned and, if zoned, the zoning classification.

(8) If the sign is not in a zoned area, whether or not it is within 600 feet of an identified business.

(b) In connection with the application for renewal of a permit for a sign, the Department may require a photograph of the subject outdoor advertising sign, display or device, taken contemporaneously with the date of the application for renewal, if a material change in the outdoor advertising sign, display, or device, other than in the advertising content, occurred or was brought about during the permit period preceding the renewal date.

(c) The Department shall require the applicant for registration, permit, or transfer of an outdoor advertising sign, display, or device, to furnish a copy of the current lease with the owner or owners of the real property on which the sign is located, authorizing the presence of the subject sign on the property.

(d) Any applicant for a license or for registration and permit for an outdoor advertising sign, display, or device, who is not a resident of this State must appoint and maintain an agent upon whom service or process may be had in any action to which the applicant may be a party. The agent shall reside in the State of Oklahoma and shall file with the Department a formal declaration as to his place of residence in the State of Oklahoma.

(e) The requirements to furnish information, data, proofs, and agent designations set forth in the foregoing 730:35-5-8, (a) through (d) shall not be deemed to restrict the information and data the Department may require, and the Department may require such other information, data, and proofs as it may reasonably deem necessary for the administration of its authority to implement and enforce the provisions of the Act. The Department may require the applicant to furnish written authority or permission from the owner of the real property upon which the pertinent sign is located, authorizing the Department, its agents, contractors, servants, or employees, to enter upon the property for such purpose or purposes as are reasonably necessary to promote the effective control of outdoor advertising and to carry out the Department's duties and responsibilities under this subchapter.

Okla. Admin. Code § 730:35-5-8

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