By Kerry Yoakum, OAAA Legal challenges to billboard controls were filed in four states, prompted by a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that bolstered free speech protections. Two of those four cases recently have been dismissed, in Rhode Island and Georgia. In late January, the Rhode Island case (Rhode Island DOT […]
Insider published a post February 11 stating that the Austin Statesman had reported that the Texas DOT is considering a proposal to raise the maximum billboard height on Texas roads from 42.5 feet to 65 foot maximum. Margaret Lloyd of Scenic America Texas contacted Insider saying the story was […]
Amortization refers to the practice of forcing a billboard company to remove a billboard after an arbitrary period of time without compensation for the loss. One of the goals of the Scenic America Strategic Plan for 2016-2019 is to encourage communities to get rid of billboards by amortization. There are […]
StAugustine.com reports the St Johns County, Florida Planning and Zoning Agency is considering changes to Land Development Code to permit a two year test of digital billboards. The regulations will: Require an 8 second flip Limit digital signs to industrial and commercially zoned areas adjacent to I-95. Require the removal […]
Villages-News reports that the Wildwood, Florida city commission has adopted a comprehensive sign ordinance which prohibits new billboards. Existing billboards are permitted and can be repaired. Existing billboards can be relocated under certain conditions such as a roadway expansion. Paid Advertisement
The Reno Gazette Journal reports that the city council voted on Wednesday to extend its moratorium on digital billboards for another year. The council also halted the city’s practice of banking billboard receipts, which let billboard owners demolish an existing sign with a promise from the city that they could build it in […]
The Leaf-Chronicle reports that the Clarksville, TN city council has voted to allow Lamar to relocate billboards from College Street, Wilma Rudolph Boulevard and Madison Street to new locations on Bellamy Lane, Lowes Drive and Tiny Town Road. Clarksville has had a ban on new billboards since 1996. Billboards […]
Insider likes to know what the opposition is up to. On May 23, 2016 Scenic America adopted a three year strategic plan which has been posted on the Scenic America website. Insider notes four things about the plan: Scenic America has a very small staff. The executive director position is part-time […]
Insider has been tracking proposed Arizona legislation sponsored by Senator Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City. The Arizona State Senate agreed this week to allow digital billboards in northwest Arizona. The bill passed, SB 1114, allows for up to 35 signs and includes the following guidelines: Use all commercially reasonable efforts to […]
Sign cases at the US Supreme Court aren’t common. But in 2015, a unanimous Supreme Court struck down a local ordinance because it treated temporary church signs differently than others. This free speech case (Reed vs. Town of Gilbert, AZ) prompts an important question: if the Town of Gilbert’s code […]
