Hulshof v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

RENDLEN, Judge.

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (Commission) appeals from a judgment reversing its order directing Francis Hulshof (Hulshof) to remove a roadside sign. We reverse and remand.

Hulshof was the owner of a billboard lawfully erected in September 1967 within 660 feet of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 55 in New Madrid County. Though the sign did not conform with amendments to the billboard law adopted in 1972, 1 Hulshof obtained a permit in 1978 to maintain the billboard as a “nonconforming sign” under Sec. 226.550.2, RSMo 1986. Hulshof renewed the permit in…