Ver Hoven Woodward Chevrolet, Inc. v. Dunkirk

This case challenges the differentiation made in a city ordinance between advertising signs on the one hand, and marquees and fixed awnings on the other.

Section 364(f) of Ordinance No 697 of the city of Highland Park, provides as follows:

“No signboard or projecting sign shall hereafter he erected so as to project more than 12 inches over any public sidewalk, street or alley within the city¡ of Highland Park, nor shall any existing signboard! or projecting sign be maintained so as to project; to more than 12 inches over any public sidewalk, street or alley within the city of Highland Park…