Patrick Media Group, Inc. v. Commonwealth

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal, by allowance, from an order of the Commonwealth Court, 142 Pa.Cmwlth. 359, 597 A.2d 274, which reversed an order of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), appellant herein, which had affirmed a hearing officer’s denial of an application for a permit to place an outdoor advertising sign beside Interstate 279 in Ohio Township. The permit had been sought by Patrick Media Group, Inc. (Patrick), appellee.

The Outdoor Advertising Control Act of 1971 (OAC Act), 36 P.S. § 2718.101 et seq., prohibits the construction of outdoor…