S.L. 552.28 Art. 11

Standard Conditions

11.1 The following are the conditions to be imposed in all development permits issued on billboards:

(a) This development permission covers the installation of a billboard designed and oriented as indicated on the approved drawings. The graphic design shall not exceed or extend beyond the area of the billboard.

(b) The billboard hereby permitted shall be removed without any compensation, in case of any works that might be affected in view of future infrastructure works, road widening or other projects that are in the public interest.

(c) Where the billboard is required to be removed, the removal shall be carried out to the reasonable satisfaction of the Planning Authority.

(d) This consent is subject to review if the billboard is deemed by the Authority to cause a threat to public safety or a traffic hazard, having regard to any development plans and any other material considerations, and the Planning Authority may at any time, serve a notice requiring the billboard to be removed and the site returned to its condition prior to the display of the billboard.

(e) Any structure or hoarding erected or used principally for the purpose of displaying the billboard hereby permitted shall be maintained in a safe and clean condition.

(f) The billboard hereby permitted shall not be sited or displayed so as to obscure or hinder the ready interpretation of any road traffic sign, or aid to navigation by water or air, or so as to otherwise render hazardous the use of any means of travel.

11.2 The following condition is applicable where it is apparent that soft or hard landscaping, will be affected by the excavation of the billboards’ supporting concrete block:

- This development permission is subject to a bank guarantee of € X,XXX (xxx xxx euro) in favour of the Planning Authority to ensure that the landscaped area, affected by the excavation for the installation of the concrete supporting block, is reinstated to the original state. If the affected landscaping is, in any way, irreparably damaged, the bank guarantee shall be guarantee shall be released once the works have been carried out to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority.