The Lagrange News reports that the Lagrange, GA and Troup County, GA are updating their sign ordinances to comply with Reed v Gilbert. The changes include: No permit is needed for a temporary sign. A temporary sign is a sign which is in place for no more than 20 […]
The Massachusetts and Michigan legislatures are considering legislation which would prohibit billboard advertising for cannabis products. States which permit recreational or medical marijuana have been restricting advertising. Washington State and California regulate the format and location of ads. You can find a state by state summary of Cannabis advertising regulations here. […]
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, Outdoor Advertising Association of America Sex offenders, panhandlers, and rock musicians won in court on the First Amendment. Localities trying to regulate signs based on content have lost. Today’s Supreme Court – led by conservatives — is pro-free speech. What does this mean for […]
Rapid City, South Dakota met last night in an attempt to finalize a settlement with Epic Outdoor at their Monday night City Council meeting. According to city records, in 2012 Epic Outdoor Advertising filed suit against the City based on the initiated sign ordinances which were adopted in 2011. That […]
The Daily News reports that Clear Channel Outdoor has sued three members of the Salisbury, Massachusetts Zoning Board of Appeals claiming civil rights violations when the Zoning Board of Appeals granted to Northvision, a local business, the right to erect a billboard on I-95 in preference to Clear Channel Outdoor’s […]
The Triad Business Journal reports that the High Point, NorthCarolina city council has voted against a Fairway Outdoor proposal to expand areas where billboards are permitted to Eastchester Drive, North Main Street and West Wendover Avenue. High Point’s 48 billboards are currently limited to industrial areas. [wpforms id=”9787″] Paid […]
Richard Rothfelder tells Insider that the Texas Legislature has passed two out of home bills. The Texas Legislature has passed SB 2006 in response to the TxDot v Auspro court decision which invalidated the state’s Highway Beautification Laws. The bill is waiting the governor’s signature. The bill revises the States’s […]
Transit authorities routinely place limits on political, ideological or religious messages. Such a policy has landed the Spokane Transit Authority in Court. Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog reports that a federal court has denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to the Spokane Transit Authority’s bus advertising policy. A […]
Lehigh Valley Live reports that Palmer Township, Pennsylvania is revising digital billboard regulations. The revision follows a November 2015 legal decision to scrap the towns digital billboard ordinance after neighbors complained about billboard lights. The new ordinance will keep digital signs away from residential areas and require that digital billboards […]
The Times Free Press has run an article discussing Fairway Outdoor’s new 600 square foot digital billboard in downtown Chattanooga. Fairway recently converted the location from a static billboard to a digital billboard. The article quotes an attorney who is opposed to the sign: Compromises were made with the sign […]
