The Mount Olive Chronicle reports the Township Planning Board is considering two separate applications for digital billboards in the New Jersey township. The applications, from Eye Spy Media Corp. and Outfront Media would place boards on Route 46 and 206. Both applications would require variances which the Planning Board will consider at their February 9th meeting.
On Sept. 15, 2016, the New Jersey state Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Franklin Township Zoning Board of Adjustment and invalidated a township ordinance that barred placement of electronic billboards along Interstate 287 in the township. The township had claimed that it reached its decision on aesthetic and public safety concerns. Insider reported on that decision and you can see that article here.
The court however, decided that there was no evidence the installation of a single digital billboard in the township would exacerbate the accident rate.
The courts have allowed municipalities to set standards but have not supported prohibitions against digital billboards.
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