Legal

Hall County Denies Billboard Height and Setback Variance

Gainesville Times reports that Hall County Georgia has approved a digital sign at Browns Bridge Road and Georgia 369 but has denied a height and setback variance.  Advantage Outdoor has asked to the sign to be 50 feet high versus a 35 foot code and wants to put the sign […]

Wallkill to regulate billboards.

The board of the town of Wallkill, New York will adopt a local law to regulate the number and location of billboards in town according to MidHudsonNews.com.  Wallkill is in Orange County, New York.  The proposed billboard law includes the following Limits new static and digital billboards to parts of […]

Lamar Proposes to Swap 13 Little Rock Statics for 4 Digitals.

Arkansas Online reports that Lamar has proposed to take down 13 static billboards if Little Rock, Arkansas agrees to let Lamar convert 4 signs from static to digital.  Lamar owns 166 billboards in Little Rock.  Ace Signs has 9.  Cuerden Sign Co has 3.  Statewide Outdoor Advertising and Impact Outdoor […]

Anti-Farmer Billboard Violates Agency Rules

The Capital Press reports that two billboards in Washington State that accuse farmers of polluting water violated a federal rule by failing to note that the Environmental Protection Agency funds the group that put up the signs. A coalition of environmental groups and the Swinomish Indian tribe put up the billboards […]

Montana Considering Highway Digital Boards

After 10 years of proposals and public hearings, Montana may be ready to allow digital billboards on state highways according to reports in Missoulian, Montana Standard and the Helena Independent Record.  The Montana Transportation Commission is considering allowing non-animated digital boards and the outdoor community is optimistic of passage due to a […]

Opposition to Signs on I-280 in San Mateo County

Insider wrote on 3/25/16 and 3/14/16  that San Mateo County is studying the feasibility of putting billboards on county land to raise money for the county’s budget.  The SM Daily Journal reported Monday that the County is not seriously thinking about billboards on I-280, Middlefield Road or El Camino Real. […]

Digital Board Proposal For Little Rock

The Little Rock Board of Director’s has an agenda item posted to review the conversion to digital of up to 4 billboards along Interstate 630 and on the corner of Kanis & Shackleford Roads. The Arkansas Times reports that the current ordinance was meant to prevent alterations to billboards grandfathered […]

San Diego Billboard Dispute

An arrangement between a neighborhood association and a motel owner ran into some trouble in the San Diego area.  The San Diego Reader reports that Clear Channel has objected to a notice received from the owner of the Dolphin Motel to remove their billboard.  The owners of the motel had […]

“Visit at night, enjoy the billboards and the joyful atmosphere.”

“Visit at night, enjoy the billboards and the joyful atmosphere” was the title of a recent Tripadvisor review of New York’s Times Square.  Insider gets peeved when he hears city politicians calling billboards pollution.  Billboards promote the health of local businesses and create buzz and energy downtown.  If you doubt […]

Logan Proposes East Boston Digital Billboard

East Boston Times reports that Logan Communications has proposed to place a 14 by 48 digital billboard on McClellan Highway property owned by a Hilton Gardens Inn.  Logan Communications will be required under state law to give 15 hours per month for state public service messages.  The City of East […]