Billboard attorney Michael Galasso of Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker tells Billboard Insider that amortization conflicts with Ohio state law: I read with interest the Billboard Insider article on Bloomington’s amortization ordinance and reader comments regarding the application of Indiana’s just compensation statute. I would also point out that, in […]
Roswell, GA – September 21, 2023: Link Media Outdoor (Link), is pleased to announce that it has named Kerry Yoakum to the position of General Counsel. Kerry is a 15-year veteran of the outdoor advertising industry. Prior to joining Link, Kerry served as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for […]
We received some reader comments on our Amortization in Bloomington Indiana post. An east coast out of home exec says you should enlist clients to help fight amortization I always use the term “slow motion confiscation” and the metaphor, imagine you own a ten story building and suddenly a town […]
The city of Bloomington, Indiana planning commission is entertaining a proposal to amortize up to 47 billboards by 2031. When the proposal was discussed at a planning meeting and one of the planning commissioners asked why no billboard companies were present the Bloomington city attorney said none of the billboard […]
Los Angeles has issued a Department of City Planning Staff Recommendation report which contains a proposed digital sign ordinance which will be considered by the City Planning Commission on September 14, 2023. Some of the key items. The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority (“Metro”) is proposing to put up 86 […]
I’ve written previously on the new controversial Texas law, HB 2127, dubbed the “Texas Regulatory Consistency Act” by its supporters and the “Texas Death Star Bill” by its detractors. In general, the bill broadly preempts and invalidates local ordinances that are “inconsistent” with State law, including arguably municipal sign codes. […]
California billboard attorney Marnie Christine Cody Ware, an attorney at Hamlin|Cody sent Billboard Insider these comments on Paul Wright’s August 23, 2023 easement article. I especially liked Paul’s piece on easements…The article was particularly timely for me as just yesterday our office newsletter was circulated including a brief article that […]
On August 15, 2023, the Arizona Court of Appeals issued an important decision on standing in billboard variance cases. In the case, Arcadia Osborn Neighborhood Association, et al vs Clear Channel Outdoor, Clear Channel was granted by the Phoenix Board of Adjustment five use permits and variances to relocate and convert […]
We had a reader who passed along to Billboard Insider the following question. “If you purchase a perpetual easement for the use of a billboard on the property, can the expense be set up on a depreciation / amortization schedule, say 15 years? Is it a factor if the permitted […]
Take a billboard down when a lease expires or else the structure may be the landlord’s. That’s the lesson of Denny Weikhorst Equipment vs Tri State Outdoor. Here are the facts. In July 1985 Western Outdoor Advertising signed a lease agreement with Roy Smith to erect a 14 by 48 […]
