Tag: Utah

One Utah Senate Billboard Bill Fails. One Still Pending.

SB 144 which would limit the ability of municipalities to incentivize landowners to terminate billboard leases or refuse to renew billboard leases failed by in a senate vote on Monday.  Here’s the bill’s language. The bill’s sponsor Senator David Hinkins introduced the legislation to prevent attempts by municipalities from paying […]

Digital Billboard Bill Passes Utah Senate Committee

SB 61 was approved by the Utah Senate Business and Labor committee by a 6-2 vote.  The bill would do the following: Prohibit Utah municipalities or counties from from restricting digital billboards. Prohibit Utah municipalities from requiring a billboard company to take down a billboard for every digital billboard conversion. […]

Light Blocking Technology Stopped a War, a Billboard War That Is

CBS KUTV Report — SITELINE™ Solution for Bright Billboards Last year Woodbury Corporation, a real estate development firm in Utah, contracted with Compass Outdoor to erect, own and operate a digital billboard to promote Woodbury commercial properties. It immediately stirred controversy. According to CBS affiliate KUTV, the brightness of the […]

Who speaks on billboards? It’s a long list.

The billboard-tax lawsuit in Cincinnati shines a spotlight on “billboard speech.” Insider collected samples from around the country, highlighting the diversity of speakers expressing viewpoints and ideas. On November 9, the judge in the Cincinnati billboard-tax case made the court’s injunction against the targeted tax permanent.  A targeted tax on […]

Utah Looking At New Billboard Bill

The Utah House Transportation Committee reviewed a new billboard bill, HB361 last week in a hearing, where opposition from the Utah League of Cities and Towns became public. The House Majority Whip Francis Gibson, sponsor of the bill, says the measure seeks to better define a method of putting a value to signs […]