Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Hendersonville Zoning Board of Adjustment

HUDSON, Judge.

Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (“Lamar”) is an outdoor advertising company. In April, 2000, a windstorm damaged one of Lamar’s billboards (“the Billboard”) on leased property (“the Property”) in the City of Hendersonville. The Billboard was originally constructed in 1981, within the federally regulated corridor that extends to 660 feet from the nearest edge of a federal primary highway.

On 1 May 2000, a representative of Lamar contacted Susan Cox, the Zoning Administrator for the City of Hendersonville, and asked her how he should proceed to make repairs to the Billboard. Ms.…