Tomorrow the Chattanooga city council will vote on an ordinance instituting a 180 day moratorium on accepting and processing permits for new outdoor advertising signs or permits for the conversion of static billboards to digital  billboards.

The moratorium says that the city’s sign ordinance is modeled in part on the Tennessee Billboard Act which was overturned by Thomas v Bright.  The moratorium provides Chattanooga time to evaluate what if any changes to the city’s sign code are necessary based any changes which the sitting Tennessee legislature makes to Tennessee’s sign rules.

Insider hears that many Tennessee cities and counties are passing moratoriums to provide the time and space to decide how they may need to change their rules to conform with the state’s rules and to prohibit wildcat sign construction.

The Tennessee legislature has held hearings.  A couple bills are in the works.

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