Code of Massachusetts Regulations
700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Title 700 CMR 3.00 - Control And Restriction Of Billboards, Signs, And Other Outdoor Advertising Devices
Section 3.06 - Specific Information to be Submitted with New and Temporary Permit Applications

(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.