State Department of Transportation v. Hollis

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

The State of Alabama Department of Transportation appeals from a judgment declaring that a billboard belonging to Charles and Lisa Hollis does not violate the provisions of the Highway Beautification Act— Outdoor Advertising, §§ 23-1-270 through - 288, Code 1975.

The Highway Beautification Act-Outdoor Advertising prohibits the erection of signs not meeting certain location, size, lighting, and spacing requirements. Signs erected in violation of the act may be removed by the department of transportation upon 30 days’ notice to the owner. § 23-l-278(a).…