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Davie Council adopts ordinances allowing limited digital billboards along I‑75 despite opposition
Summary
The Town of Davie approved three code amendments to allow off‑premise and digital billboard displays along I‑75, prompting extended debate over driver distraction, community aesthetics and potential emergency‑notification uses.
The Davie Town Council voted to approve three code amendments that permit off‑premise digital billboard displays along the I‑75 corridor, moving forward rules that supporters said could be used for emergency and town messaging and that opponents said would add hazardous and unwanted visual clutter.
Council member Susan Starkey, who led the opposition during public discussion, said the displays are a dangerous distraction. “I most definitely do not want these digital displays,” Starkey said, adding that drivers “do not have time to read the digital displays, and sometimes it’s very distracting for them to see them.”
The council considered three related ordinances (items 26–28): an amendment to the town’s prohibited‑signs section, an amendment addressing off‑premise signs, and a new section creating…
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