Company of the Day: Unisign Corporation Markets: Kentucky. Address: 1392 Watergap Rd, Prestonsburg, KY. 41653 Email: unisigncorp@live.com Phone: 606-874-6777 Unisign is a locally owned Eastern Kentucky company which has been in business for over 50 years. The company operates a billboard plant in addition to a commercial sign and awnings […]
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Kentucky HB 328 Signed By Governor
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has signed into law Kentucky HB 328, the legislation to revise and reinstate Kentucky’s sign rules. The bill amends Kentucky’s sign controls in a way that distinguishes rules based on whether a sign owner is compensated for a sign or not. Federal Courts threw out Kentucky’s previous […]
Kentucky Legislature Approves Sign Rule Fix
The Kentucky legislature has approved HB 328, a revised billboard control act to fix the previous law which a court invalidated. Yesterday the House approved an amended version by 30-6, the Senate approved the amended version by 91-3 and the measure has been delivered to the Governor. The bill amends […]
Kentucky House Approves Billboard Legislation
Kentucky House Approves Billboard Legislation The Kentucky House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a revised billboard-control act, in response to a constitutional (free speech) challenge to the existing law. Insider provides a quick update: Federal courts have ruled against Kentucky’s billboard law because it distinguished between on-premise and off-premise signs. State […]
Lamar Sues Fayette County and City of Lexington Over Digital Billboards
The Lexington Herald Ledger is reporting that Lamar Advertising filed a federal lawsuit against the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on February 10th, over regulations that ban freestanding electronic billboards in the county. Lamar applied in September 2020 for permits […]
Supreme Court Declines to Review Thomas Case
The US Supreme Court declined to review the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that Tennessee’s billboard law was unconstitutional. The ruling invalidated Tennessee’s sign code. On June 25, 2020 Tennessee’s Governor Bill Lee signed legislation to revise Tennessee’s sign rules to fix the […]
Court Victory in Kentucky; Scenic Has No “Standing”
A unanimous three-judge appeals court said Scenic Kentucky cannot challenge the state’s regulation of digital billboards and vegetation control because Scenic does not have “standing” in court. Background In late 2015, the Kentucky Legislature approved bills to regulate digital billboards and allow vegetation control along roadways. Scenic Kentucky challenged both […]
Company of the Day: Kentucky Outdoor
Company: Kentucky Outdoor Markets: Kentucky Headquarters: PO box 917, Bowling Green, KY 42102 Phone: 270-842-6828 Email: kyoutdoorads@twc.com Kentucky Outdoor operates a billboard plant with 60 structures with 100 faces incluing many structues on I-65 from the Kentucky-Tennessee state line through Kentucky mile marker 66. The plant covers the following communities: […]
