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Bedford commission upholds denial of two off‑premise billboard permits
Summary
The Bedford Building and Standards Commission voted 5-0 on Jan. 16 to affirm the building official’s denial of two permit applications for off‑premise billboards, finding the proposed signs are billboards prohibited by the city's sign ordinance.
The Bedford Building and Standards Commission on Jan. 16 affirmed the city building official’s denial of two permit applications for off‑premise billboards, voting 5-0 to find the proposed signs are billboards prohibited under the City of Bedford sign code.
The decision resolves an appeal by Keith Jones Outdoor LLC, whose representatives argued the city code contains conflicting definitions of “off‑premise” signs and billboards and that state law permits commercial signage along highways. City counsel urged the commission to defer constitutional and statutory challenges to the courts and to apply the city ordinance as written.
Andrea Cook, an attorney representing the appellant, said the core issue is statutory ambiguity: “the issue here…
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