4/27/2006
Billboard protection act
The Save the Billboard from those Awful Trees Bill passes.
(6) Beautification projects, trees, or other vegetation
shall not be planted or located in the view zone of legally erected and permitted outdoor advertising signs which have been permitted prior to the date of the beautification project or other planting, where such planting will, at the time of planting or after future growth, screen such sign from view.
Short version: Give us a dead zone around our signs or we can sue you.
"The way we understand it, existing vegetation would be able to remain,'" said John Garner, a right-of-way program manager at the state Department of Transportation.Oh maybe, but as written, this "understanding" is not at all clear. Here's the passage:
(6) Beautification projects, trees, or other vegetation
shall not be planted or located in the view zone of legally erected and permitted outdoor advertising signs which have been permitted prior to the date of the beautification project or other planting, where such planting will, at the time of planting or after future growth, screen such sign from view.
Short version: Give us a dead zone around our signs or we can sue you.
