Insider reported in March on a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report that two city council members had introduced a bill slapping Ballyhoo Media with a $100,000 fine for operating a 20′ by 60′ double sided digital billboard on New York waterways. Mayor de Blasio further announced that New York City had […]
Insider isn’t the only person who thinks that Longview Texas ought to show flexibility to convince Lamar to take down a billboard with a valid permit and lease so a Starbucks store can take its place. Here’s an excerpt from a Longview News Journal editorial: “Simply put, Longview should not […]
Here is an update on privacy issues, based on the OAAA-sponsored meeting of industry attorneys in New York on June 6 and the annual privacy summit sponsored by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) in Washington, DC, on June 5-6. State Activity An unprecedented number of states have considered pro-privacy legislation […]
KIRO 7 reports that some citizens are threatening to boycott the Thurston County car repair business which sits below a billboard which is running a marijuana ad. The problem is that the owners of the auto shop aren’t the landowners. They simply rent the space as does Lamar which owns […]
mdjonline.com reports that Cobb County, Georgia has agreed to permit Vision Outdoor Media to erect 8 new billboards in settlement of a lawsuit. Vision sued the County claiming its sign regulations were unconstitutional after the County turned down 22 billboard Applications last spring. Here are the settlement terms: Vision will […]
Longview News Journal says that Starbucks wants to demolish a building at 707 W Marshall in Longview, Texas and put up a coffee store. The problem is that a three sided Lamar billboard sits on the site and will have to go as well. Lamar has agreed to remove […]
Crossroads Outdoor lost a case against Howell Township. Crossroads sought a variance to install a billboard in Howell Township, Michigan. Town zoning administrator Joe Daus denied the variance on grounds that is was not permissible to place the billboard in the parking lot of the American Legion. Crossroads filed a […]
Prior to the enactment two years ago of Texas Transportation Code Section 391.038 by the 85th Legislature, there was no Texas or Federal law governing the height of signs. There is still no Federal law on sign height, but the Texas Legislature passed effective September 1, 2017 Section 391.038, which […]
The Chesterfield Observer reports that Chesterfield County has reached an agreement with Lamar to amend the county’s sign code. The changes are the result of a 7 month process including three public work sessions. Key elements of the agreement include: A cap on the number of billboards in the county […]
Here is a re-cap of OAAA EVP Ken Klein’s presentation to independent billboard operators (IBOUSA) in Savannah on May 9. First Amendment First Amendment free speech protections knocked out San Francisco’s mandated warning label on ads for sugary drinks and Cincinnati’s targeted tax on billboards (that case is on appeal […]
