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DeKalb County BZA approves variance for digital billboard with conditions

DeKalb County Board of Zoning Appeals · November 11, 2025
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Summary

The DeKalb County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing Digital 1 LLC to place an off-premise digital billboard near State Road 3, reducing the setback to 60 feet and permitting electronic display, contingent on required state approvals and several county conditions.

The DeKalb County Board of Zoning Appeals on [date not specified in transcript] approved a development standards variance allowing Digital 1 LLC to install a digital, off-premise billboard along State Road 3, subject to conditions and required state and county clearances.

Planning staff introduced petition 25-11 and described the proposed sign as a 10-by-36-foot face (about 360 square feet) on vacant land owned by Donna Griffiths near the intersection of State Road 3 and State Road 205. The company sought a reduction of the county setback to 60 feet from the state right-of-way and asked the board to allow electronic/video-capable imagery that the Unified Development Ordinance currently prohibits.

Brian English, attorney for the…

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