State ex rel. Whiteco Metrocom v. State Highway & Transportation Commission

CLARK, Presiding Judge.

Appellant owns an outdoor advertising sign located in Marion County on Route 36. In March, 1978, the Commission notified appellant to remove the sign because it was in violation of the location provisions contained in §§ 226.520 and 226.540, RSMo. 1969. Appellant obtained review of the removal order and appeals the decision by the circuit court of Cole County affirming the original commission decision. Affirmed.

The facts of the case were stipulated. The sign was erected May 30, 1968. It is therefore a pre-existing non-conforming sign entitled to a permit if it was in…