City of Scottsdale v. Arizona Sign Ass'n, Inc.

SCHROEDER, Presiding Judge.

This is a challenge to the constitutionality of portions of the City of Scottsdale’s zoning ordinance requiring that the plans of all structures and site work in the City be submitted first for approval by the Development Review Board. The case was instituted in a declaratory judgment action by the Arizona Sign Association on behalf of its members who are in the business of designing and erecting signs in the Scottsdale area.

The development review ordinance itself is quite comprehensive, and establishes the Review Board, the qualifications for membership on it, the…