Posted: | February 13, 2013 05:49 PM |
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From: | Senator Patrick M. Browne |
To: | All Senate members |
Subject: | Compelled Removal of Outdoor Advertising Display |
In the near future, I intend to re-introduce legislation that was introduced as Senate Bill 477 of the 2011-12 session. Cosponsors of Senate Bill 477 included Senators FONTANA, RAFFERTY, TARTAGLIONE and BOSCOLA. This legislation prohibits local governments from compelling a landowner to remove a lawfully erected outdoor advertising display as a condition of a land use change. Some local governments require a landowner to remove a lawfully erected outdoor advertising display as a precondition of the landowner receiving a permit, license site plan, approved land development plan, zoning change or variance. The removal of the outdoor advertising display is arbitrary and such removal is not necessary under the municipality’s zoning ordinance. The legislation does not apply to a local government which has in effect a principal (one-use) ordinance at the time the outdoor advertising display was lawfully placed on a lot. In such case, the outdoor advertising display can be required to be removed prior to the development of the lot. |
Introduced as SB632