Trans 201.035(9)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), no annual fee may be assessed for any of the following: Trans 201.035 NoteNote: Service club and religious notices are limited to 8 square feet or less by s. Trans 201.05 (1) (f). Trans 201.035(9)(c)(c) Except as provided in pars. (a) and (b), all off-property signs shall be assessed an annual fee of $35 per sign. Trans 201.035(10)(a)(a) Any person may appeal the assessment of an annual fee under sub. (9) by mailing a notice of appeal to the address provided on the notice of fee assessment within 15 days of the date the assessment is mailed. Trans 201.035(10)(b)1.1. The error or mistake alleged by appellant in the fee calculation made by the department. Trans 201.035(10)(b)2.2. Whether appellant contends the sign is an on-premises sign, official sign or notice, religious notice, service club notice, public utility sign, public service sign, farm sign, agricultural test plot sign, real estate sign, directional sign, nonconforming sign, grandfathered sign or other category of sign. Trans 201.035(10)(c)(c) Payment in the amount of the annual fee assessed by the department shall be included with a notice of appeal. The department shall hold the payment in trust pending the outcome of the appeal. Trans 201.035(10)(d)(d) Upon receipt of a notice of appeal with the required fee, the department shall investigate the matter and, if appropriate, amend the annual fee assessment for the sign and return any balance due appellant from the fees deposited under par. (c) or impose any additional assessment required. Trans 201.035(10)(e)(e) Appeals of decisions issued under par. (d) may be made to the department of administration, division of hearings and appeals within 15 days of the date the decision is mailed to the appellant. Trans 201.035 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, April, 2001, No. 544, eff. 5-1-01. Trans 201.04Trans 201.04 Clear vision areas. Requirements for the preservation of unobstructed driver vision are established by ss. 86.191 and 84.30 (4) (b), Stats., and by these rules. No sign shall exist or remain in nonconformance with those requirements. Trans 201.04 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, September, 1972, No. 201, eff. 10-1-72; renum. from Hy 19.02 and am., Register, July, 1980, No. 295, eff. 8-1-80. Trans 201.05Trans 201.05 Directional and official signs. The following standards apply to directional and official signs and notices which are visible from the main-traveled way of a controlled highway. These standards do not apply to directional and official signs erected on the highway right-of-way. Trans 201.05(1)(a)(a) “Scenic area” means any area of particular scenic beauty or historical significance as determined by the federal, state, or local officials having jurisdiction thereof, and includes interests in land which have been acquired for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty.