Whiteco Metrocom, Inc. v. Roberson

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Appellant, who is engaged in the business of erecting and maintaining outdoor advertising signs, obtained a permit from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to erect and maintain an outdoor advertising sign near Interstate Highway 85 in this state. The permit was issued under the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, G.S. 136-126, et seq., which was enacted to protect the public by controlling outdoor advertising near interstate and other primary highways. Bracey Advertising Co. v. North Carolina Department of Transportation, 35 N.C. App. 226, 241 S.E. 2d 146, disc. rev.…