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Board approves digital conversion for freeway‑adjacent billboard, citing ADOT right‑of‑way constraints
Summary
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.
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.
Andrew, county planning staff, told the board the code permits digital billboards only when they are within 300 feet of the main travel lanes;…
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