Legal Opinion
Ackerley Communications, Inc. v. Multnomah County
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided March 20, 1985No. 83-028, 83-034 and 83-051 CA A34195PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, P. J.
Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Land Use Board of Appeals which rejected its constitutional and other challenges to Multnomah County Ordinance No. 365, as amended by Ordinances Nos. 369 and 376. The ordinance regulates outdoor advertising through billboards. Petitioner’s principal contention is that the county’s regulation of advertising that has only “commercial” content, when “noncommercial” outdoor advertising is completely exempt from regulation under the ordinance, MCC 11.15.8639(A), violates Article I, sections 8 and 20, of the Oregon Constitution. We agree, and we therefore…
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