The LA City Council's
pending new sign ordinance will not outlaw digital signs. Despite the
City's ban on new billboards dating back to 2002, the City is in the process of
approving a new ordinance that will allow new signs (including digital signs)
in designated "sign districts" which are to be limited to
commercial and industrial locations. The proposed ordinance passed out of
the PLUM Committee this week and is heading for full City Council
consideration. It will be very important to read any possible changes
that might be proposed there, including efforts to circumvent the recent
Appeals Court decision in the Summit Media case that ruled that the secret
billboards settlements entered into by the City with Clear Channel and CBS were
illegal. That ruling also stated that the approximately 100 digital
billboards erected as a result of the secret settlements are to be
removed. Clear Channel and CBS are both lobbying the City to allow
those signs to remain.
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