We received some terrific responses to Managing Tree Issues With A City. Stott Outdoor’s Greg Redeker says you need to be proactive. How to manage tree issues with a city is going to depend upon many factors, including the city’s attitudes and regulations regarding trees and outdoor advertising. Things are […]
The Baltimore City Council is considering Bill 20-0570 to authorize the erection of digital billboards within railroad rights of way. The bill was introduced in July by City Council President Brandon Scott and is supported by Baltimore’s Mayor Jack Young. Any new billboards must: face the interstate be 500 feet […]
Chris Cowlbeck and his staff at IBOUSA have done it again! For the second time in this fateful year of 2020, they’ve managed to plan a fun and informative LIVE and IN PERSON Fall Conference on October 7 through 9. And, rather than in Louisville or Minneapolis, this conference is […]
Lamar Advertising is in a long running dispute with the city of Pittsburgh over the Mt Washington sign. The dispute is before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after Lamar prevailed in lower courts. The Pittburgh Gazette says the PA Supreme Court appears skeptical of the city of Pittsburgh’s case to make […]
On September 4, 2020, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in International Outdoor, Inc vs City of Troy issued a mostly procedurally technical decision, but perhaps more importantly, announced that “a regulation of commercial speech that is not content-neutral is still subject to strict scrutiny under Reed.” Specifically, International sought […]
Remember William Thomas, the man who successfully challenged Tennessee’s sign code and forced the Tennessee legislature to pass a sign code revision to moot the challenge. The Tennessee Star reports a court has ordered the Tennessee to pay $690,000 in Thomas’s legal fees. Thomas was represented by the Institute for […]
By Ken Klein, OAAA Executive Vice President, Government Affairs A federal appeals court said the Philadelphia-based transit system violated constitutional free speech by rejecting a bus ad it considered political. (Center for Investigative Reporting v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, September 14, 2020) Citing its 2015 Advertising Standards, the transit authority […]
Another city is raising money for city services by leasing land on city property for digital billboards. On Sept 1 Kingston Mass approved two OUTRONT Media billboard leases generating approximately $200,000/year in lease payments for 25 years. The billboards will be on town-owned parcels at 8 Cranberry Road and 60 […]
Insider reported in July that after being approached by Lamar about entering into a new contract for a billboard location, Johnson City, TN city officials realized the structure was on city property and asked that it be removed by Sept. 1. The Johnson City Press reports that on Thursday of […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick, LLP On August 25, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rendered its unanimous opinion in Reagan National and Lamar Outdoor vs City of Austin, holding that Austin’s prohibition on the digitization of off-premise signs, while allowing it for on-premises, […]
