There is a hearing on off premise signs (i.e. Bill Boards) at the Radnor Commissioners' Mtg on Tuesday May 26th. For those of you who haven't been following this here is a super summary. Supreme Court found that zoning that prevented billboard violated freedom of speach and basically invalidated our zoning. Radnor Commissioners in order to provide some level of protecction passed a curative change to zoning. That change greatly reduces the size of signs and limits where they can be placed. Of course the proposed locations are not in Villanova or Bryn Mawr but in North Wayne by Pennsylvania Ave. By the way who's freedom of speach is affected? The Billboard owner who is just selling space, the landowner who is just renting the land?
Lower Merion, Haverford, Springfield and some other local communities have decided to fight the whole thing and challenge the underlying issue.
A developer (or what ever you would call them) wants to put up huge billboards 60 foot in the air.
There are many great posts about this on save ardmore website with lots of facts and info.
Here are a few links. While you are there, look around.
http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/node/3009
http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/node/3158
http://www.saveardmorecoalition.org/node/3145
Monday, May 25, 2009
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