The Leaf-Chronicle reports that the Clarksville, TN city council has voted to allow Lamar to relocate billboards from College Street, Wilma Rudolph Boulevard and Madison Street to new locations on Bellamy Lane, Lowes Drive and Tiny Town Road. Clarksville has had a ban on new billboards since 1996. Billboards can be moved only if it is in “the best interests of the city.” The plan now goes to the regional planning commission for approval.
Insider’s take: This will allow Lamar and the billboard companies to upgrade locations. We are surprised that the city council didn’t require the takedown of some additional billboards as a condition of the transfer.
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So if I own a piece of land in Clarksville, TN that is zoned to allow an off-site sign, I cannot erect such off-sign on my own property unless I take one down or move from another location?
Has that not created through city law a monopoly for Lamar who probably operates 99.9% of the off-site signs in Clarksville?
Surely some property owner will file a lawsuit as this to me is in violation of personal property rights and creates a monopoly.