Billboard Battle: Commonwealth Court Upholds Pennsylvania Borough’s Ordinance Separation Requirements By Richard Jones and Michael G. Crotty
For municipalities, regulating billboards can be a complicated endeavor. In addition to the typical ordinance considerations, zoning for them often involves balancing safety considerations, nuisance impacts, aesthetic concerns, glare/lighting and a use whose reach often extends beyond whatever non-residential district in which they are zoned. And there is no shortage of billboard zoning battles in…