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Senate approves bill to require fair-market compensation when municipalities end billboard use
Summary
The Senate passed a substitute to SB 98 after extended debate, requiring just compensation when cities or counties remove or terminate lawful outdoor advertising as a nonconforming use; sponsors argued it protects property owners’ balance sheets while opponents urged local negotiation and moratoria.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 23 passed a second substitute to Senate Bill 98, a measure that requires municipalities to pay fair-market compensation when they terminate lawfully permitted outdoor advertising by declaring signs nonconforming.
Sponsor Senator O'Keefe argued the bill protects sign owners from an immediate devaluation of assets after an ordinance declares billboards nonconforming: “All we're saying is if you take down a good sign, then pay us,” he said, urging that compensation follow the constitutional requirement of…
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