(1) A person may not engage in the business of outdoor advertising in this state without first obtaining a license from the department. Such license shall be renewed annually. The fee for such license, and for each annual renewal, is $300. License renewal fees are payable as provided for in s. 479.07.
(2) A person is not required to obtain the license provided for in this section solely to erect or construct outdoor advertising signs or structures.
History.—s. 4, ch. 20446, 1941; s. 1, ch. 26959, 1951; s. 1, ch. 63-237; s. 5, ch. 67-461; s. 1, ch. 69-331; ss. 23, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 1, ch. 78-138; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 5, 25, 26, ch. 84-227; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 37, ch. 94-237; s. 7, ch. 2014-215; s. 28, ch. 2014-223.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 479 - Outdoor Advertising
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 479.01-479.25)
479.02 - Duties of the department.
479.024 - Commercial and industrial parcels.
479.03 - Jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation; entry upon privately owned lands.
479.04 - Business of outdoor advertising; license requirement; renewal; fees.
479.05 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
479.08 - Denial or revocation of permit.
479.10 - Sign removal following permit revocation or cancellation.
479.105 - Signs erected or maintained without required permit; removal.
479.106 - Vegetation management.
479.107 - Signs on highway rights-of-way; removal.
479.11 - Specified signs prohibited.
479.12 - Outdoor advertising on highways.
479.15 - Harmony of regulations.
479.155 - Local outdoor advertising or sign ordinances.
479.16 - Signs for which permits are not required.
479.24 - Compensation for signs; eminent domain; exceptions.
479.25 - Erection of noise-attenuation barrier blocking view of sign; procedures; application.