National Advertising Co. v. County of Monterey

Opinion

BURKE, J.

Defendant county appeals from a judgment declaring certain provisions of its zoning ordinance to be null and void and enjoining enforcement thereof as against plaintiff outdoor advertising company. As will appear, we have concluded that the removal requirements of the ordinance may validly be applied to certain of plaintiff’s billboards, but that as to others removal should await expiration of appropriate amortization periods.

Plaintiff owns and maintains outdoor advertising billboards which it erected on various parcels of private property that it holds under lease in…