Policy on Commercial Advertisement Licensing in Sidoarjo Regency

This article examines the licensing policy for commercial adversiting in Sidoarjo district. Not only that, this article also examines whether the licensing of commercial adversiting has taken into account aspects of environmental sustainability. The method used in writing this article is to use the normative juridical method by approaching legislation as primary data material. For the secondary data it self uses a literature review which examines several journals, articles, or books that have a context with the installation of advertisements. The results of the study is to describe or explain the advertising policy in Sidoarjo district, starting from the prohibition of advertising places, types of advertisiments, the size of advertising media, and the method or procedure for licensing advertising in Sidoarjo district. By complying with existing policies,adversiting is not only a promotional medium but can be a form of respontibility to prevent damage to the environment.