The City of Hawthorne, California is moving to entice the owners of more than five dozen old billboards to take them down in residential areas. Since Hawthorne imposed a citywide ban on new billboards, the owners have been prevented from legally upgrading or modifying their billboard structures. But this week, the […]
Dave Haynes at the digital signage blog Sixteen Nine has an interesting post about a company which is skirting Sao Paulo’s billboard ban by using 19 laser projectors to turn the face of a citibank branch into a digital billboard. You can read a press release about the project here. Click on […]
Channel 3000 reports that Adams Outdoor has sued Dane County over the improper termination of billboard leases at the Dane County airport. Various predecessors to Adams have had a billboard lease at the Dane County airport since 1966. Adams and the Dane County airport executed a lease in 2006 which […]
Coastal Point updates the continuing progress on the proposed changes to the Sussex County, DE sign ordinance. At its Aug. 9 council meeting, the county council voted 5-0 to reintroduce a proposed ordinance to amend its code related to signs. Now they are providing the public with a second chance […]
KRCR News reports of an agreement between Caltrans and Outfront Media to remove 10 billboards along a Highway 101 safety corridor area of focus. The project is designed to: Improve safety and reduce delays at intersections. Reduce operational conflicts. Resurface, restore, and rehabilitate the existing Route 101. Extend or construct […]
In 2012 Oceanside approved an ordinance allowing digital billboards. Now the city has changed its mind. Coast News reports that on August 10 the Oceanside City Council voted unanimously to change the city’s ordinance to forbid new digital signs or static billboards. Lamar and BGT are threatening to sue for […]
On July 7, 2016 the US District Court for Central California upheld the right of the cities of Los Angeles, Santa Clarita, Rancho Cucamonga and Loma Linda to regulate mobile billboards. Here are the details of the case. In 2012 the California Legislature enacted legislation permitting municipalities to regulate mobile […]
Coastalpoint reports that Sussex County Delaware intends to redraft and reintroduce a sign ordinance at the August 9th Council Meeting and then and then the County will hold two hearing to receive public input. An original bill was introduced in April 2016 Several sign companies, including Clear Channel Outdoor and […]
The city of Port Orchard, WA will be paying $250,000 to the owner of a Gig Harbor advertising company to resolve a six-year legal battle. The Kitsap Sun reports the proposed settlement on a dispute that goes back to 2011. Rick Engley of Gotcha Covered Media, claimed the city in […]
What might have been is not what is. Developers have dropped plans for a three story electronic billboard as part of a $50 million development project in downtown Indianapolis according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. The developer dropped their plans after the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission made clear that it […]
