Outdoor Advertising

Court upholds denial of billboard permit, rejects challenges to nearby advertisement’s permit validity

Judge Beaudrot

February 6, 2024

The Court affirmed the denial of a company’s request for an off-premises sign permit, on the grounds that the proposed billboard would unlawfully fall within 100 feet of an existing... Read More

Superior court upholds agency’s reversal of OSAH decision on multi-message sign permit  

Judge Barnes

February 1, 2023

A judge with the Superior Court of Lowndes County upheld a decision by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to deny a permit for a multi-message sign. An OSAH Judge... Read More

GDOT correctly determined that business lacked proper permit for “off-premises” sign

Judge Howells

February 1, 2023

In granting summary determination for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the Court concluded that a business lacked the appropriate permit for an “off-premises” sign (i.e., a sign that is... Read More

GDOT properly denied sign permit based on existence of another nearby sign with valid permit

Judge Fry

September 15, 2022

This case involved a decision by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to deny an advertising company a permit to construct a multi-message sign.  The Court concluded the permit had... Read More

Court upholds denial of permit for multi-message sign based on spacing restrictions  

Judge Barnes

August 17, 2022

In affirming the denial of an outdoor advertising permit, the Court concluded the proposed location for the multi-media message sign in question—near the intersection of Ga. 53 and Ga. 400—would... Read More

Permits for outdoor signs properly denied due to issues with signs’ spacing and placement

Judge Howells

December 14, 2021

Judge Howells affirmed GDOT’s denial of an application for outdoor advertising permits for two proposed signs, where the placement of the first sign did not comport with rules regarding the... Read More

Denial of permit for sign within 500 feet of already-permitted sign on the same side of highway upheld.

Judge Schroer

August 25, 2017

An applicant for an outdoor advertising sign challenged the Georgia Department of Transportation’s (“GDOT’s”) denial of his application for a permit to erect a sign alongside State Route 20 because... Read More

Superior Court upholds OSAH Decision on Outdoor Advertising Control Act.

Judge Howells

July 15, 2016

The Fulton County Superior Court affirmed an OSAH Judge’s Decision holding that LED signs located behind glass panes on a building and visible to the outside public were subject to regulation... Read More

Indoor signs communicating advertisement to the outdoor public subject to regulation.

Judge Howells

November 12, 2015

Advertisements visible to, and intended to be visible to, the outdoor traveling public are subject to regulation under the Georgia Outdoor Advertising Control Act, even where they are physically located... Read More

Destroyed signs cannot be repaired without prior authorization.

Judge Walker

September 30, 2014

The Department of Transportation correctly instructed the Petitioner to remove illegal signs that were erected without lawful permits after they repaired signs that were destroyed by a tornado without the... Read More

Respondent ordered to remove a sign visible from a state route and on residential property.

Judge Miller

August 28, 2014

Respondent erected a sign visible from and adjacent to State Route 515.  Respondent applied for the necessary permit, but the Department denied the permit because the sign is in a... Read More

Outdoor advertisements only allowed on property primarily used and zoned for commercial activity.

Judge Howells

December 6, 2013

The Department of Transportation correctly denied Petitioner’s application for an outdoor advertising permit.  The outdoor advertisement would have shared the property with a residential apartment complex.  While the property may... Read More

Outdoor advertising permits denied because property was not commercial or industrial.

Judge Howells

September 10, 2013

Petitioner’s outdoor advertising permit applications were properly denied because the property was not zoned for commercial or industrial use, nor could it be considered an unzoned commercial or industrial area... Read More