Board approves digital conversion for freeway‑adjacent billboard, citing ADOT right‑of‑way constraints

Dec 12, 2025

On a 5-0 vote the board allowed conversion of an existing top‑lit static billboard to a digital face despite its ~421‑foot separation from freeway travel lanes, finding peculiar site constraints (on‑ramp and ADOT retention basin); approval is subject to county conditions including dimming and off‑hours.

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The Maricopa County Board of Adjustment voted 5-0 to allow conversion of an existing top-lit static billboard to a digital face on a property adjacent to Loop 202 in the Laveen/Levine area, despite the billboard’s ~421-foot separation from the freeway travel lanes and a 300-foot separation standard in the Maricopa County Zoning Ordinance.

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