On August 26, 2016, the Texas Appeals Court for the Third District in Austin voided the two sections of the Texas Highway Beautification Act (“HBA”) addressing permits, licenses, enforcement, and regulation on the ground that the Act violated the First Amendment’s protection of Free Speech after the US Supreme Court’s […]
For the third time this month, a court has ruled in favor of digital billboards. The Nevada Supreme Court, on September 16, denied Scenic Nevada’s request for a rehearing, effectively ending a long-running legal battle against digital billboards in Reno. Geoff Dornan of Nevada Appeal.com explains the Reno ordinance fight: “The ordinance […]
Reprint of a OAAA Thought Leadership Piece By Ken Klein, EVP – Government Affairs, OAAA. The election will produce a new Congress, with new leaders and new members on key committees. Elections remind us of the last clause in the First Amendment — perhaps overshadowed by its protection of free […]
Insider opposes proposals in California and Texas to sell commercial advertising on highway rights of way: It threatens highway funding. The federal government prohibits advertising on federal rights of ways. Any State which runs advertising on public safety signs must obtain federal signoff or face loss of federal highway funds. […]
The Westerly Sun reports that the town of Stonington, CT is doing a comprehensive review of the town’s 50 year old 250 page zoning code. One of the issues which will be addressed is whether to allow digital signs. A group of fuel dealers in town are unhappy because they’ve […]
An update from our Monday post on Sky Digital’s proposed new digital structure in Crookston, MN. After attorneys for Sky Digital and Crookston National Bank Monday evening stated and restated their cases for and against the digital billboard, the City Planning Commission, and the Crookston City Council, both voted in […]
INDIANAPOLIS (September 13, 2016) – First, the scary news: safety fines are stiffer, federal enforcement is more aggressive, and recordkeeping is more difficult. But the good news: there is a clear path to preventing loss, controlling costs, protecting workers, and complying with safety regulations. The main take-away from OAAA’s day-long […]
We reported yesterday on Sky Digital’s sign application in Crookston MN. Sky Digital was also in the news in Grand Forks, North Dakota as their Planning and Zoning Commission voted 11-0 to block five proposed digital billboards last week. The vote was their response to an appeal Sky had filed with […]
Last year the University of Minnesota Crookston, in Crookston, MN, approached the City about potentially placing a billboard on University property on the north end of town. The City modified its existing ordinance relating to billboard-related signage to allow a limited number of billboards along a major corridor like University […]
philly.com is reporting that the federal government has taken regulatory control of billboards along the Market Street East corridor away from Philadelphia, saying the city had not been responsive to questions about enforcement. In a letter issued last month, the Federal Highway Administration ordered that the city return control of […]
