Telšiai sets €8–€35 yearly outdoor-ad levies per sq m

Businesses and individuals who install outdoor advertising in Telšiai district face an annual local levy for the permitE TAR, payable before the permit is issuedE TAR. The payer is any natural or legal person to whom the permit is issuedE TAR, and permits are issued under the procedure set by the Savivaldybės meras. The maximum permit term is 10 years. The levy accrues to the Savivaldybė budget.E TAR

The yearly tariff per square metre depends on location.E TAR In the Telšių miesto senamiesčio zona the tariff is EUR 35.E TAR Elsewhere in Telšiai city it is EUR 15.E TAR In Varniai city it is EUR 12.E TAR Elsewhere in the district it is EUR 8.E TAR A movable board on Telšiai city pavements, squares and other public places costs EUR 14 per square metre per yearE TAR, and in Varniai city EUR 8E TAR. Commercial advertising connected with economic, commercial, financial or professional activity is not permitted at municipally owned public-transport stops in the old-town zone.E TAR

For a display period of one or more full years the amount is R = T x P x ME TAR, where T is the annual tariff per square metreE TAR, P is the advertising areaE TAR and M is the number of full years stated in the applicationE TAR. For a period shorter than one year the amount is R = (T x P / 365) x DE TAR, where D is the number of calendar days stated in the applicationE TAR. Amounts of EUR 10 or more are set in whole eurosE TAR; amounts up to EUR 10 use one decimal placeE TAR. Works connected with installing and dismantling the advertisement are not included in the levy.E TAR

No levy applies to Savivaldybė budgetary bodies and public bodies owned or co-owned by the Savivaldybė.E TAR Advertisers who place the advertisement on a building or territory they own or lawfully hold are exempt where the advertisement directly relates to the activity there, except for the portion displaying a registered trademark.E TAR Legal persons in their first year from registration in the Juridinių asmenų registras are exempt.E TAR Advertisers outside that own-premises group pay nothing where the total area does not exceed 2 sq m, again except for any trademark portion.E TAR An advertiser that gives the largest monetary or monetised support to a Savivaldybė-organised event is exempt for a sign or device displayed at the event venue, unless the support is smaller than the calculated levy.E TAR Any relief not listed requires a separate Savivaldybės taryba decision.E TAR

Permits are issued and registered only after payment to the Savivaldybės administracija account at Luminor Bank AS Lietuvos skyrius, No LT034010051006394097, proven by the payment documentE TAR; no instalments are availableE TAR and no late-payment interest accruesE TAR. Amounts paid are refunded in the cases set by Lietuvos Respublikos rinkliavų įstatymo 13(2) straipsnisE TAR, on a request stating the reason, the amount, the bank and the accountE TAR, with the payment proofE TAR, within 30 calendar days of receiptE TAR. Nothing is refunded where validity was cancelled for breach of the rules governing outdoor-advertising permits.E TAR Collection is controlled by the Savivaldybės kontrolės ir audito tarnyba.

Legal basis is Telšių rajono savivaldybės tarybos 2026 m. spalio 29 d.E TAR sprendimas Nr. T1-297E TAR with the attached NuostataiE TARE TAR, which repeals the 2014 m. lapkričio 27 d.E TAR sprendimas Nr. T1-347E TARE TAR, adopted under Lietuvos Respublikos rinkliavų įstatymo 11 straipsnio 1 dalies 3 punktas and 12 straipsnisE TAR.