As a follow up to our Insider post last week, the Brainerd Dispatch points out some additional detail on the Pequot Lakes Minnesota town council sign ordinance approvals from earlier this month. Along with the council’s decision to permit billboards along the new Highway 371 to encourage people to stop […]
There was a lot of regulatory activity this week, so Insider highlights those that caught our eye. Seymour, Indiana – The city of Seymour is asking Lamar to take down four billboards on property the city wants to develop. Lamar, who owns the four double-faced structures has offered to remove […]
By Jim Moravec, general partner, Stott Outdoor Advertising. This article originally appeared in Morning Consult and is reprinted by permission. With traffic congestion and aging infrastructure, America faces an intriguing question: Should the government auction pieces of the public’s highways to pay for transportation? California is a focus of this […]
Insider is surprised how many small communities have sign codes which are not compliant with Reed V Gilbert. The biggest offense is a sign code with multiple categories which requires a sign inspector to read a sign to decide what sort of rules apply. Insider knows of one Indiana town […]
Our Insider article on the Colorado “Adopt a Highway” sign takeover by the marijuana industry brought us some follow up correspondence and information we wanted to pass along. Westword, through an open-records request to the Colorado Department of Transportation, learned that of the 287 miles of Colorado roadway that are currently […]
The Austin Monitor reports that Reagan Outdoor Advertising has sued Austin, Texas claiming the city is violating the Texas Public Information Act by refusing to divulge information about how it arrived at the current CodeNext regs for billboards. During the drafting process Austin Removed the ability to appeal decisions to […]
The Brainerd Dispatch reports that the Pequot Lakes, Minnesota planning commission and city council have approved an ordinance to the zoning code to permit signs along the new highway 371. You can read the proposed amendment here. The code includes the following: The approval of offsite digital and static billboards […]
A Reno McDonalds wants to replace old outdated menu signs with modern 55 inch digital menu signs. The new signs will emit less light than the old signs. There’s a problem. The smart menu boards are considered digital signs so are not allowed under Reno’s code because they are within […]
By Kerry Yoakum, Vice President of Government Affairs, OAAA On May 29, the US Supreme Court declined a challenge to San Francisco’s outdoor advertising restrictions which permit on-premise advertising but prohibit off-premise advertising. In 2015, Contest Promotions, a company that runs raffles for prizes such as movie and concert tickets […]
After Colorado legalized marijuana, cannabis outlets began sponsoring official signs on public right of way that acknowledge litter clean-up. Meanwhile, Colorado bans cannabis dispensaries from buying billboard ads: “. . . it shall be unlawful for any Retail Marijuana Establishment to engage in Advertising that is visible to members of […]
