Billboard Insider reported in its March 26th edition on the recent OAAA webinar on the various “Stay at Home” orders issued by several states, counties, and cities, in light of the Covid-19 crisis. The Insider article and OAAA webinar are excellent explanations of the practical challenges and means to navigate […]
By Richard Hamlin, Hamlin Cody Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed Constitutional claims against enforcement of a billboard ordinance. Citizens for Free Speech rented land from Michael Shaw. The purpose: to display political messages on billboards. Alameda County determined that the billboards violated […]
Greg Redeker is a Real Estate Manager for Stott Outdoor Advertising. Greg spent 20 years working for local government, most of that time as an urban planner. He also served as a zoning administrator and was lead author for a comprehensive sign ordinance update. Today Greg shares some tips for […]
March 20 6:14am Update. Insider has learned that the last night the Tennessee Senate recessed without voting on legislation to fix Tennessee’s sign law. The bipartisan senate bill was crowded out by last minute efforts to pass a budget and recess amid coronavirus concerns. The Senate will consider the bill […]
House bill 2255, a proposed fix to Tennessee’s state sign law, unanimously passed a House Finance Subcommittee and the House Finance Ways and Means Committee and goes to House Rules Committee. Two key changes were made to the bill. The penalty for an illegal billboard under the State’s sign law […]
Greg Redeker is a Real Estate Manager for Stott Outdoor Advertising. Greg spent 20 years working for local government, most of that time as an urban planner. He also served as a zoning administrator and was lead author for a comprehensive sign ordinance update. Last week he gave 3 tips […]
The Tennessee Senate Transportation Safety Committee and House Transportation Committee approved legislation, including out of home industry amendments, to fix Tennessee’s sign law. Senate Bill 2188 and HB 2255 rewrite the state’s sign law by redefining the term “off-premises device” as “a billboard receiving compensation from any message”. The change […]
On Monday, Washington DC won a lawsuit against Lumen Eight, the successor company to Don MacCord’s Digi Outdoor Media. Digi Outdoor Media installed 43 digital billboards at 17 locations in Wash DC. The company tried to circumvent Wash DC’s ban on digital billboards by installing the signs inside windows of […]
Greg Redeker is a Real Estate Manager for Stott Outdoor Advertising. Greg spent 20 years working for local government, most of that time as an urban planner. He also served as a zoning administrator and was lead author for a comprehensive sign ordinance update. Greg is writing a series of […]
The Tennessee House Transportation Subcommittee on Infrastructure passed two bills to amend the State’s sign regulations. Both bills are designed to fix Tennessee’s sign regulations which were overturned by the Thomas v Bright court challenge. HB 1071 is legislation prepared by various stakeholders including the out of home advertising industry. HB […]
