Zima Roofing, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

Zima Roofing, Inc. (Zima Roofing) appeals from an order of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOT) denying Zima Roofing’s exceptions to the Proposed Report (Report) of a DOT Hearing Officer, thereby finalizing the Hearing Officer’s denial of Zima Roofing’s Application For Advertising Device Permit (Application).

In 1987, Zima Roofing erected a sign on property owned by Richard Zima along Route 30 in Greene Township, Beaver County.1 (Hearing Officer’s Findings of Fact, Nos. 2, 5, 16.) Upon learning that it needed an outdoor advertising device permit for the sign,…