Tag: Pennsylvania

Company of the Day – Oliver Outdoor Advertising

Company: Oliver Outdoor Advertising Market: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 230 Homewood Drive, Butler, PA 16001 Phone: 724-256-8555 Email: jamie@oliveroutdoor.com Oliver Outdoor, a family-owned outdoor billboard advertising company, is based in Butler, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2001 by brothers Jerry and Jaymie Oliver.  The company operates in Western Pennsylvania to the north of Pittsburgh, […]

Early Signs Encouraging in Mt Wash Court Dispute

Lamar Advertising is in a long running dispute with the city of Pittsburgh over the Mt Washington sign.  The dispute is before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after Lamar prevailed in lower courts.  The Pittburgh Gazette says the PA Supreme Court appears skeptical of the city of Pittsburgh’s case to make […]

Court Rules on Permit Delays, “Interchange Prohibition”

A federal appeals court ruled against open-ended delays in responding to billboard permit applications and also took a swing at Pennsylvania’s prohibition against billboards near interchanges.The ruling was issued July 15 (Adams Outdoor Advertising v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation). Background Adams applied for a state permit in 2016 to install […]

Company of the Day – Times-Shamrock Outdoor

Company: Times-Shamrock Outdoor Headquarters: 149 Penn Ave. Scranton, PA 18503 Market: Luzerne County, PA Phone: 570.614.5472 Email: Sales@ShamrockOutdoorMedia.com Times-Shamrock Outdoor is a part of Times-Shamrock Communications, a privately held company based in Scranton, Pennsylvania owned by the Lynett for the past 123 years. The parent company owns 13 newspaper publications, […]

Kerry Yoakum on Billboard Property Taxes

On Tuesday Insider ran an article by Paul Wright on a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruling that billboard lease income could be considered when estimating the taxable value of land. This is a big issue for operators because landlords will be more reluctant to allow billboards on their property if a […]

Paul Wright on Billboard Taxes

By Paul Wright, SignValue.com A very important tax case was recently decided in the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. Billboard owners and landowners should take note of the case and its potential long-term implications. The court concluded that billboard lease income can be considered when estimating the taxable value of land. In […]

Company of the Day – Penneco Outdoor

Company: Penneco Outdoor Market: Southwest Pennsylvania Headquarters: 6608 Route 22, Suite 307 Delmont, PA  15626 Phone: 724-461-1041 Email: Outdoor@Penneco.com Penneco Outdoor is the largest locally owned billboard company in Southwest Pennsylvania.  The company owns more than 30 structures with 100 faces in Westmoreland, Indiana, Fayette, Bedford and Allegheny counties.  Four […]

Rothfelder on the PA Tax Decision

The  Chichester School District, et al opinion from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reported in the January 4 edition of Billboard Insider illustrates the appraisal issues for billboards and the land on which they are situated in two different contexts, namely for ad valorem taxes vs condemnation. This Pennsylvania case […]

Legal Reversal in PA

A three-judge appeals court in Pennsylvania ruled that the presence of billboards can be considered in determining market value for purposes of real estate tax assessment. The appeals ruling in Pennsylvania, entered December 27, 2018, reversed a trial court that said the opposite (April 27, 2017). The case involved schools […]

Company of the Day – Harmony Outdoor

Company: Harmony Outdoor Markets: Pennsylvania Headquarters: 114 W Diamond St, PO Box 271, Butler, PA  16001 Phone: 724-282-8000. Email: Vsmith@butlereagle.com Harmony Outdoor advertising operates a plant with 90 billboards in four counties in Western Pennsylvania.  The company  is a subsidiary of the family owned Eagle Media Corporation.  Eagle Media owns several […]