Board approves limited on-premise tenant ads on two existing billboards at 111 S. Green River Road

The Evansville Board of Zoning Appeals voted 4–2 on Aug. 15 to approve a special‑use permit and companion variances to let two existing electronic message signs at 111 South Green River Road carry on‑premise tenant advertising under a recorded use‑and‑development commitment. The approval was conditioned on the petitioners executing and recording the commitment and keeping the signs subject to the city’s sign ordinance.

Krista Lockyer, attorney and representative for 4 D LLC, told the board the petition seeks to allow tenants in the eight‑tenant Brinker’s shopping center to advertise on two electronic signs already on the property. Lockyer said the applicants negotiated restrictions with Keep Evansville Beautiful and incorporated them into the commitment, “So we have a limitation of 50% of available advertising for on premise,” she said, adding that tenant ads will be static only and transitions…