State ex rel. Central Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Leonhard, Bldg. Comm.

OPINION

By BAUMANN, J.

This is an action in mandamus. The relator, an important operator in the field of outdoor advertising, seeks to compel the municipal authorities of the City of Fairview Park to permit the erection of a billboard facing State Route 10 which passes through that city.

The effective zoning ordinance of the City limits the erection of billboards to the retail business district. The board proposed is in that territory. It is further provided by ordinance that no billboard (with minor exceptions) shall be erected within this district until the consent of Council has been…