The Daily Breeze reports that Hawthorne, California is installing a 10.6 by 36 digital billboards at Crenshaw and El Segundo boulevard. Becker Boards has a proposal to manage the billboard in exchange for a $125,000 signing bonus to the town and a lease equal to 55% of revenue. Becker is […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Triblive report that Lamar Advertising has filed an appeal in Allegheny County Court to overturn a Feb 16 decision by the Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment which ordered the removal of a 32 by 225 foot vinyl banner on Mt Washington. Lamar’s suit makes the following points: It put […]
Triblive reports that the city of Pittsburgh has sued Lamar Advertising seeking immediate removal of the large poster atop Mount Washington. The city contends Lamar installed the 32 by 225 foot sign without approval. Last year the city issued a notice of violation. The city’s Zoning Board of Adjustment denied […]
The telegram reports that Total Outdoor’s plan to erect two two-sided electronic billboards overlooking the Massachusetts Turnpike is moving ahead. Total has agreed to make a $1 million in payments to the town over 20 years. $250,000 up-front consisting of the first 5 years worth of payments on the sign […]
By Kerry Yoakum (OAAA) One out of three states could consider proposals this year to tax services traditionally exempt from sales taxes (advertising is a service). Several factors are driving this trend: Some states face budget stress The service sector is a growing part of the economy Politically, taxing services […]
Care to guess which six states which are least friendly to outdoor advertising? A 2010 study of local regulation of outdoor advertising in 215 jurisdictions by Alan Weinstein, commissioned by the OAAA, found that 64% of the cities which most stringently regulate signs are located in just six states: Arizona […]
Ponte Vendra Recorder reports that the St John’s County, Florida planning and zoning agency voted 5 to 1 to to recommend that the Board of county Commissions delete digital billboards from proposed changes to sign code regulations. The decision reverses a plan for a pilot program to permit digital signs. […]
BizTimes in Milwaukee, WI reports that Clear Channel Outdoor lost an appeal on a challenge to $7.2 million in real estate tax assessments on their 850 billboards. Clear Channel had previously paid the $7.2 million obligation for the years 2009-2013 but had challenged the real estate assessments as invalid arguing […]
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 […]
