By Tammy A Phillips, CEO/Executive Director, Outdoor Advertising Association of Tennessee Our Annual meeting will be held May 10th at The Hermitage Hotel in Nashville. We have decided to open our meeting up to anyone involved in the OOH industry in the state of Tennessee this year! The registration fee […]
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA Numerous States have enacted new billboard laws due to legal challenges or the prospect of litigation. This on-going trend started when Oregon’s billboard law was challenged due to the common distinction between regulating on-premise and off-premise signs. The State lost in […]
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 […]
Here’s some advice from Joe Mancino, CEO of Greensigns Chicago and former mayor of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois on permitting. Joe Mancino, GreenSigns Chicago When you’re dealing with city hall and you’re dealing with folks at the counter level the first thing you need to remember is be nice. Be nice. […]
The San Jose billboard saga continues as the City Council faces opposition, but not from the billboard industry. The allegations come from Citizens for Free Speech and Equal Justice who, as reported by the The San Jose Spotlight, illegally erected a digital billboard near Highways 880 and 101 to sell […]
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 […]
The highest court in Maryland upheld a billboard tax enacted in 2013 by the Baltimore City Council. It was a 6-1 decision. You can read the decision here. The original Ordinance required a tax, assessed annually based on the size and type of display: $15 per square foot for an […]
Yesterday Insider posted that the city of Austin is trying to get the Supreme Court to review the Austin v Reagan decision. Hamlin Cody’s Richard Hamlin has this comment: No one can be certain, or even predict, whether the Supreme Court will hear a case. The Court’s Rule 10 says […]
The City of Austin has asked the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision in favor of Reagan Advertising in a digital billboard dispute. Austin’s sign code says that on-premise signs can be digitized but off premise signs can’t be digitized. Reagan sought permits to digitize billboards. Reagan and […]
By Marnie Christine Cody Ware, Attorney, Hamlin Cody Billboard Insider’s post last week (2/19), Los Angeles Considers New Billboard Rules, described proposed rules that would allow relocation and permit conversion from static to digital in “Tier 3” sign districts. At the hearing on 2/25, the Planning Commission voted against “Tier […]
