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SECTION 10.49 the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Highways. (b) Signs shall not be designed and installed to imitate or simulate any high- way marker, signal or traffio control sign. (c) Signs shall not have any flashing or rotating lights. (d) Signs shall not be placed to obscure the vision of ary official highway marker, signal or traffic control sign. (e) A railroad crossing shall be considered the same as a highway intersection. (f) Signs shall not be attached to trees, fence post or fence or utility structures and shall not be painted on a rock or other natural object. (g) Signs shall be kept in a good state of repair. (h) The provisions of this ordinance which define permitted locations of signs along the public roads and highways are held to be the minimum standards to insure safety on the public roads and highways. (2) Permits (a) Permits are required for the installation or erection of advertising signs, billboard, posterboards and directory signs. (b) The application for a permit to install or erect a.sign shall contain such information as required by the Zoning Supervisor. (c) The fee for the erection or installation of advertising signs, billboards, posterboards and directory signs shall be Five. Dollars ($5.00) per one hundred (100) square feet or fraction thereof. (d). On issuance of a permit to erect or install a sign subject to a permit, the Zoning .Supervisor shall issue a suitable identification tag to be placed on the sign as to be trisible from the highway. (3) Annual permits (a) All signs for which a permit is required to erect or installed shall be subject to an annual fee and permit. The permit issued for the erection or installation of a sign shall be the annual permit until December 31 of the year in which the permit is issued. The annual fee shall be Five Dollars ($5.00) per one hundred (100) square feet or fraction thereof. The permits shall be issued on an annual basis with the permit year being from the first day of January to the 31st day of December next succeeding. The fee shall not be prorated for a part of the year. Each year the Zoning Supervisor shall notify each sign owner by mail not less than fifteen days (15) before the expiration date of the annual permit of its expiration. Upon payment of the annual permit fee, the Zoning Supervisor shall issue a suitable identification tag to be attached to the sign or sign post to be visible from the highway, such tag shall be' attached within 30 days of its receipt by the sign owner. (4) Removal of certain signs (a) Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer advertises a bonafide business or a. product available shall be removed within thirty (30) days - 56 -