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 […]
Three regulatory issues to review this week. CBS Pittsburgh reports Lamar and the Pittsburg Mayor have failed to reach a compromise on the Mount Washington sign and both sides have presented their arguments in court. Lamar contents that the sign is in accordance with city law. The city contends the billboard […]
Kerry Yoakum, an attorney, is a vice president of the OAAA The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is taking sides in a First Amendment lawsuit challenging transit’s ability to restrict religious ads. In Washington, DC, the Catholic Church has been fighting a losing court battle, which was prompted by the regional […]
The Current Argus reports that the Carlsbad, New Mexico city council has placed a 60 day moratorium on billboard permits and is reviewing the city’s sign ordinance. The towns ordinance limits sign size, height, set back and placement but does not limit size. Nearby Artesia, New Mexico has proposed a […]
You may have redress if a city misinterprets sign rules to get you to take down a sign. Richard Rothfelder of Rothfelder and Falick talks here about City of Houston v. De Trapani, a successful takings case he litigated against the city of Houston. Introduction The City of Houston (the […]
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA. A long-running tiff between New York State and the feds over signs on the highway right of way symbolizes a broader tug of war: should existing rules be liberalized or not? In New York State, the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo spent $8 […]
