Access WDUN reports that Hall County Georgia and Gainesville Georgia are considering amended billboard regulations. Key provisions include: Update illumination standards. A provision which requires 3 square feet of existing billboard area to be removed for every square foot of space which is converted to a digital billboard. No […]
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Mount Pleasant Residents Oppose Digital Billboard
“I don’t think there’s one respectable argument besides a little bit of snobbery.” Property owner Russ Holiday, quoted in the Post and Courier on arguments against his request to permit a digital billboard on his property. The Post and Courier reports that residents are opposing Adams Outdoor’s request for a […]
What the Feds Say About Digital Billboards Safety Research
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducted research on digital billboards; it was released in late 2013. Recently a sister agency within US-DOT – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – explained this important research in clear terms. In this article, Ken Klein, Executive Vice President of OAAA provides background […]
PA town wants digital sign to obtain scoreboard for athletics field.
Lehigh Valley Live reports that the Wilson Borough town council is considering approval of a billboard permit at Fisk Field in exchange for rent payments and a new football scoreboard. “It would be a win-win for the borough”, the town’s solicitor was quoted as saying. The town is a month […]
Top 7 Regulatory Actions in 2016
By Ken Klein, Executive Vice President, OAAA. The billboard industry won in court and expanded the map where digital billboards are regulated/allowed. Revenue-hungry governments continued to explore commercial advertising on the highway right of way. In the waning days of the Obama Administration, its Department of Labor issued new rules […]
Regulatory Roundup – December 3, 2016
Two court losses for Adams in Wisconsin. Dane County, Wisconsin courts have decided (1) that Fitchburg properly denied Adams a permit to install a digital billboard along McKee Road and (2) to dismiss an Adams lawsuit against Dane County for not renewing a lease of land on the Dane […]
MASS DOT approves billboard despite Revere’s ban.
Revere Journal reports that the MBTA has received approval from the Massachusetts DOT to install a new billboard on the side of the MBTA garage in Revere, Massachusetts, despite a billboard moratorium in the city. In 2015 Cove Outdoor applied to put two 60 by 20 digital billboards on the […]
California Cities and Counties Can Regulate Billboards in Unincorporated Areas
The following press release is provided by Best Best & Krieger LLP . NOVEMBER 10, 2016 The Outdoor Advertising Act does not preempt local regulation of billboards, a California appellate court has ruled. In a decision that carries major implications for the California billboard industry, the Second District Court of Appeal […]
Lawsuit Targets Tennessee Billboard Rules
A post from The Commercial Appeal, shares a story on a pending Tennessee lawsuit. For the past decade, Memphis outdoor-advertising operator and attorney William H. Thomas Jr. has defiantly put up billboards without permits and refused to take them down when ordered to do so. Thomas has also pursued a legal option and U.S. […]
St. Johns County Considering Digital
St. Johns County, Florida commissioners are considering implementation of a two-year pilot program that would pave the way for at least some digital billboards to be installed along Interstate I-95. County Administrator Michael Wanchick said the item had been before the board twice since November 2015. Wanchick said moving forward […]
