No person, firm or corporation, not engaged in the business of outdoor advertising for direct profit, shall erect or maintain any outdoor advertising structure, device or display, other than upon property within two hundred feet of the place where the goods advertised are manufactured or offered for sale, or where the business advertised is carried on, until a permit has been obtained therefor from the Commissioner of Transportation and the permit fees as provided by section 21-52 have been paid. Applications for such permits shall be made in the manner provided by section 21-50.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21-51
(1949 Rev., S. 4690; 1972, P.A. 272, S. 3.)