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Board approves two billboard conversions to digital, citing buffering and lighting studies
Summary
The Metro Nashville Board of Zoning Appeals on Dec. 4 approved two requests to convert existing interstate-facing billboards to digital faces after applicants presented light studies and mitigation plans; commissioners attached standard conditions in one case and split 4–1 on another where planning staff had recommended denial.
The Metro Nashville Board of Zoning Appeals on Dec. 4 approved two variances allowing existing interstate-facing billboards to be converted to digital displays, after hearing presentations about sightlines, illumination and neighborhood buffering.
At a rehearing on case 2025-88, attorneys for Lamar Advertising told the board the added digital face would serve Interstate 40 traffic and not nearby Elm Hill Pike residences because of intervening buildings and mature trees. John Michael of Thompson Burton said the sign would sit about 390 feet from Elm Hill Pike and that the company could accept a nondigital alternative if the board was unwilling to permit a digital face. The board voted 5–0 to grant the variance after concluding the…
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