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Planners deny request to convert North Expressway billboard to full digital; commission asks staff to review sign ordinance
Summary
The commission denied a variance request to convert an existing North Expressway billboard to a fully digital display and directed county staff to examine updates to the 1997 sign ordinance to address modern LED billboard technology.
Spalding County planners on Jan. 12 denied an application to convert an existing billboard at 2004 North Expressway to a fully digital face, concluding the conversion conflicted with the North Expressway Improvement District's lighting and aesthetic standards.
Staff told commissioners the sign sits inside the North Expressway Improvement District and that the district’s lighting standards and intent would be at odds with a large,…
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