Baker Hostetler reports that the US Department of Justice has filed an antitrust complaint against two hospital systems in Virginia that agreed not to advertise on billboards in each other’s home county. The suit was brought against Charleston Area Medical Center in Kanawha County and St Mary’s Medical Center in […]
Legal
Natchez Reviewing Ordinance
Add Natchez, Mississippi to cities that are reviewing their sign ordinance. The Natchez Democrat reports that the Board of Aldermen have place a moratorium on billboards as they review the city’s sign ordinance. The City Planner considers the current ordinance to not be a strict as compared to other cities. The […]
Yuma Considers New Billboard Rules
The Yuma Sun reports that the city of Yuma, Arizona is considering a rewrite of billboard regulations to provide additional requirements regarding the number of signs, lighting, digital signs and replacement of non-conforming signs. There are 165 off-premise signs within Yuma. The signs are located in Light Industrial, Heavy […]
Sussex County Introduces new Sign Ordinance
Coastal Point reveals that the Sussex County Council introduced a new ordinance to revise the Deleware County’s sign regulations. The County has had a billboard moratorium since September 2015 while the Council reviewed the sign code. Here are some of the key changes: Construction permit fees will be increased from […]
Montana Legislators Want To Debate Digital Signs
Insider has written here and here about the Montana State Transportation Commissions proposal to permit digital signs along state highways. Republican and Democratic legislators in Montana want to debate digital billboards during the next session according to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. The proposed rules would be trumped by stricter local […]
Reed V Gilbert Comes to Opelika
The Opelika Observer has written about Rose City Outdoor’s successful challenge to local sign law using Reed v Gilbert as a precedent. Here are the facts. Rose City Outdoor submitted applications for 6 commercial billboards (conventional advertising) and 2 non-commercial billboards (which would run public service messages). All of the […]
Revere, MA Reviewing Digital Proposal
The Revere city council will be reviewing a proposal brought by Squire Circle Associates to convert two of their existing billboards to digital signs. According to an article in the Revere Journal the signs are both non-conforming. The request caught the attention of the Revere Beautification Committee who are pressing the […]
Things Stay Normal in Illinois
The Normal, IL town council voted to bypass a 1999 agreement with a developer and allow two billboards to stay in place in the northeast part of the town. WJBC reports the original agreement had provided for one of the signs to be removed after 5 years. An amendment passed on […]
Sacramento considering a special 8 block sign district
The Sacramento Bee reports that Sacramento City Council has voted to loosen rules about signs to make way for 3,206 square feet of outdoor displays at the 17,500 seat Golden 1 Center. That’s equivalent to five 14′ by 48′ billboards. The city council is also considering a special sign district […]
Eupora Billboard Moratorium Announced
A temporary ban on billboard construction was approved in Eupora, Mississippi while legislation regulating the signs is drafted. The Webster Progress-Times reports that two billboards have been erected on Veterans Memorial Boulevard (Highway 9) inside the city limits. At an April 4th Board of Alderman meeting, it was noted that since […]
