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Fourth Circuit Says Sign Ordinances Need Not Include Explicit Statement of Governmental Purpose and Upholds Ordinance as Content-Neutral

By Patty Salkin

Prior to October 2006, the Town of Surfside Beach had an ordinance that required the issuance of permits before most on- or off-premises signs could be constructed. The ordinance treated all off-premises signs as billboards, which could be placed only on vacant lots within a designated area (a ?C-1 highway commercial? zone). There could be [...]

Full post as published by Law of the Land on April 19, 2009 (boomark / email).