Plumtree Town (Advertising) By-laws, 2025
Plumtree charges US$27 a day for a banner, US$1 250 a year for a billboard of 46 square metres or more and US$66,74 a year for a movable sign — while every advertising penalty is printed as nil.
These by-laws control advertising in the Plumtree Town area: advertisements needing council permission, prohibited positions, advertisements for local events, elections and referendums, the grant of permission, removal, and the nature, size and materials of advertisements.
The fees are specific: US$27 a day for one banner, US$27 for a square metre of billboard (the schedule prints "per day" against a monthly heading), US$1 250 a year for a billboard of 46 square metres or more, US$27 a day for a road show and US$66,74 a year for a movable sign. The application and removal deposit fees are nil.
Enforcement, by contrast, is unpriced. Illegal advert removal costs are US$27, but every penalty in the schedule is printed as US$0,00 — including erecting an advertisement without approval, placing one on a tree or traffic furniture, causing a hazard to drivers or pedestrians, causing a nuisance to neighbours, advertising in a prohibited place, failing to remove event advertising within 24 hours or after written notice, displaying an immoral, offensive, unlawful, image-tarnishing or hate-speech advert, oversized or uncertified advertisements, and obstructing an authorised official.
The contrast with the City of Masvingo by-laws made a week earlier is stark: the same offence list there carries US$100 to US$300.
What changed
- Banner advertising costs US$27 a day and road shows US$27 a day
- A billboard of 46 square metres or more costs US$1 250 a year; movable signs US$66,74 a year
- Removal costs for an illegal advert are recovered at US$27
- Every advertising penalty is printed as US$0,00 as published
Who this affects
- Businesses advertising in Plumtree
- Billboard and banner operators
- Road show and event promoters
- Council enforcement officers
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.