Board of Zoning Adjustment of the Trussville v. Tacala, Inc.

THOMAS, Judge.

In 1989, Tacala, Inc., constructed an 80-foot-high sign advertising its restaurant, a Taco Bell franchise, along the interstate in Trussville (“the Taco Bell sign”). The Taco Bell sign is not located on the premises of the restaurant. In 2006, the City of Trussville (“the City”) enacted a new sign ordinance that prohibited off-premises signs1 within the city limits. The 2006 sign ordinance, in § 80.0(A) and (C), provided that nonconforming signs, which the ordinance defined as “signs that were lawfully erected, but that fail to conform to one or more provisions of [the 2006 sign…