On November 28, 2001, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Edward M. Thomas upheld Livonia’s ban on billboards. The Livonia ordinance defined “Billboard” as: “A ground sign advertising a product, event, person, business, or subject not related to the premises on which the sign is located. Off-premise directional signs as permitted in this ordinance…
Issues: Whether sections of city’s zoning ordinance regarding signs were valid under the Michigan City and Village Zoning Act (CVZA); Home Rule Cities Act (HCRA) §§ 41(c) and (f); Exclusionary zoning Court: Michigan Supreme Court Case Name: Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Holland e-Journal Number: 10112 Judge(s): Kelly, Corrigan, Cavanagh, Taylor, Young, Jr.,…
An East Lansing ordinance banning rooftop billboards does not qualify as a taking and the city does not owe compensation to the affected business, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The long-running case, Adams Outdoor Advertising v. City of East Lansing (docket No. 113674), has already appeared before the high court…
From Environmental Policy Project, Georgetown University Law Center On Wednesday, July 26, 2000, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a decision in Adams Outdoor Advertising v. City of East Lansing, unanimously reversing a court of appeals ruling that a municipal ordinance requiring the removal of billboards effected a regulatory taking. The City…
