700 CMR 3.06
Specific Information to be Submitted with New and Temporary Permit Applications
(1) Pursuant to 700 CMR 3.02(2), the application requirements for a new permit and a
temporary permit are as follows:
(a) A completed permit application issued by the Director with the required signatures;
(b) Plans and specifications showing the proposed dimensions, materials, location, number
of faces, anchorage and other construction details of the sign sufficient to satisfy 780 CMR
14.00: Exterior Walls;
(c) A copy of a plan or map showing the area within a 680 foot radius of the proposed sign
and including therein all public parks, reservations, public ways, businesses, water bodies or
water ways, residential properties, historic properties or districts, and any other buildings,
signs, and other natural features and structural improvements viewable from the principal
highways which the sign is to be located;
(d) A copy of a plan or map that includes the area of the proposed location of the sign as
measured along all public ways within 500 feet of the sign location;
(e) A certified plot plan showing the exact location of the proposed sign;
(f) A list identifying by name and address the two separate businesses, industrial or
commercial activities relied on by the applicant to satisfy 700 CMR 3.07(3);
(g) A set of photographs of adequate size and viewing angles to depict fairly and accurately
the proposed location of the sign and the surrounding area;
(h) Certification by the applicant that the property owner or authorized agent thereof has
assented to the erection and maintenance of the sign at the location shown in the application;
(i) Certification by a duly authorized official of the city or town where the proposed sign
is to be located executed no earlier than 60 days before the filing of the application showing
the proposed location is in conformity with the ordinances/bylaws, special permits and/or
variances of the city or town. Each municipality may designate which official is required to
sign the application. In the event that a municipality has not made the designation of which
official is required to sign-off on the application, it shall be presumed that the Building
Inspector or their equivalent shall be the duly authorized official to sign.
(j) Certification that all property owners within 500 feet of the proposed location of the sign
have been notified by certified mail at least 30 days prior to submitting the application to the
Department.
(k) The required permit fee.
(l) Information specifying the owner of the sign, the owner of the real estate on which the
sign is located, the height, illumination, construction and dimensions of a sign.