A federal court ruling that invalidated Tennessee’s billboard law – If allowed to stand – could jeopardize billboard regulations nationwide, said a legal brief filed by the out of home advertising industry. In 2017, US District Court Judge Jon P. McCalla struck Tennessee’s billboard law as unconstitutional, citing a 2015 […]
The Gainesville Times is reporting that after three years of negotiations, the City has reached a compromise to allow digital billboards. Fairway Outdoor has the majority of the 70 or so billboards and had submitted 15 applications to convert existing static boards to digital. All the applications were denied by […]
Herald-citizen reports the the Monterey, Tennessee Board of Aldermen has rejected a change to the town’s commercial zoning to all the construction of a billboard on city property on Commercial Avenue. The property is owned by the town’s police department. Billboard developer Greg Jackson proposed to pay the town $1,000/year […]
The New Haven Register reports two New Haven aldermen are opposing a digital billboard which has been legally erected at 1057 Whalley Avenue and Emerson Street. the 10 by 23 foot digital billboard has been erected legally by Advertex, a company owned by Alex Churilov. Alderman Richard Furlow, D-27, […]
WTVA reports that the Indianapolis Department of Business and Neighborhood services has removed 52 bus benches with advertising following complaints and a TV report that the benches had been installed without a permit and were attracting garbage. Fairway Outdoor has a contract with Indygo for legal bus shelter advertising. The […]
Feds Take Action To . . . Penalize NY State for Signs on Right of Way; Block Privatized Rest Areas in Arizona Federal transportation authorities are withholding $14 million in highway funds to New York State as punishment for installing signs on the public right of way that do […]
Insider read Scenic America’s 2017 report over the weekend. Some items to note. Here’s a map showing Scenic America local affiliates and offices. If you see a blue pin in your market you can expect flak from a Scenic affiliate when you want to do things. Scenic America’s annual budget […]
Triblive reports that the city of Pittsburgh intends to appeal Friday’s ruling by Common Pleas Judge Joseph James reversing a Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment order for Lamar to remove a large billboard on Mt Washington. Insider wrote about the case yesterday. Insider’s take: Seems like Mayor Peduto is pursuing […]
In Pittsburgh, Lamar Advertising Company has faced a long-running battle with the city over Lamar’s large billboard that faces downtown from Mount Washington. On January 24, the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County reversed the city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment decision to order Lamar to remove the sign. Lamar’s […]
The Institute for Free Speech, a non-profit advocacy group, will represent the plaintiff challenging Tennessee’s billboard law on constitutional grounds. Here’s what you need to know: Sign owner William H. Thomas sued Tennessee’s billboard-control act, prompting a federal judge in Memphis to invalidate the state’s billboard law on First Amendment […]
