Your Ad Here: Outdoor Signage Leasing and Regulation

Tarter Krinsky partner Patrick J. Kilduff discusses the key considerations surrounding outdoor advertising regulation and leasing. Specifically, Patrick helps practitioners to answer two main questions:

• How do I determine if certain types of outdoor advertising displays can be maintained at a particular location? 
• Knowing advertising can be displayed at a particular location, how do I make it happen?

Learning Objectives:

I. Grasp outdoor advertising regulation considerations including:

• Proximity to interstate or local highways 
• Signage in urban and rural areas 
• Zoning district designations 
• Size, height, surface area, illumination, projection limitations 
• Landmark/Historic District considerations 
• Types of signs 
• Non-Conforming use status of existing signs 
• Permit process 
• Code enforcement issues

II. Understand outdoor leasing considerations including:

• Relationship between outdoor advertising company and property owner/net lessee/entity in control of advertising space 
• Key provisions of the outdoor advertising lease