INFORMATION TO ERECT AN ADVERTISING DEVICE

Please refer to the link of the Ohio Revised Code and the Ohio Administrative Code for details on erecting advertising devices in the State of Ohio.

The following information is required to process all permit applications:

1. Each sign face requires a separate permit, therefore an application per sign face must be completed. For exceptions, refer to Section 5501-2-2-05, Paragraph (B) (2) (3) (4).

2. Applications must be completed in their entirety.

3. All applications must be notarized.

4. All signatures and notarizations must be original.

5. Each location of proposed site must be staked.

To expedite the issuance of your permit, you may submit the following:

1. A copy of the right-of-way plan for the sign location with the sign’s precise location identified on the plan copy in relationship to the right-of- way,

2. For an unzoned commercial/industrial area as defined in Section 5516.01 Paragraph I of the Ohio Revised Code.

3. List the name of the business and its address

                AND

4. Indicate the business on the sketch and the exact measurement to the sign location from the building, parking lot, storage or processing area

                AND

5. Provide a property map of the business property indicating frontage adjacent to the highway.

6. Sketch of the sign identifying its dimensions, material construction, and message if pertinent for sign classification.

7. A copy of a tax map identifying the property and current landowner at the sign location.

8. A copy of the highway construction plans at the sign location, if the sign will be located in close proximity to an interchange area whose pavement narrowing and widening at entrances and exits to the main traveled way are not easily discernible at the site. The specific sign location should be identified on the construction plans.

Highway right-of-way and construction plans can be obtained at District ODOT offices throughout the state.

In addition to expediting the issuance of your permit, this information will provide you with insight into the legality of your sign location before you expend your funds for the non- refundable application fee.