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 […]
A notable landmark driving across the Gervais Street Bridge on your way into Columbia, S.C. is a Lamar owned billboard. The billboard sits on an island on the Congaree River which used to be owned by SCANA Corp. That property was deeded to the city of Columbia as part of a […]
Myron Laible chaired the state association lunch at the LookOut2017 convention Tuesday. Here’s what Insider learned. Don Avjean. Outfront eastern region VP. Lots of billboard proposals in New York including just compensation, a requirement that alcohol off billboards, a lighting bill a bill to increase the minimal digital flip to […]
While Everett, MA has a 1991 sign ordinance in place preventing building of new billboards. Existing boards can request a conversion or rebuild of a structure to the Zoning Board of Appeals. With the advent of digital technology the city is considering what their response will be to an increasing number […]
Insider had previously posted a video by Formetco’s Director of Safety Jim Poage on OSHA’s 1,200 page fall safety rule revision which took effect January 17, 2017. Jim has been working on other videos, called Safety Talks, dealing with the the many aspects of OSHA rules. Below is a 5 minute […]
The Commercial Appeal reports that some community groups are attempting to get four non-conforming signs removed. The groups include Neighborhood Preservation, Inc, a couple local citizens and Memphis Bioworks. They have petitioned court to have three signs in the Memphis Medical District and the fourth sign at Tillman and Walnut […]
