Root Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of Fort Collins

SMITH, Judge.

The City of Fort Collins (City) appeals a declaratory judgment holding that in order for it to require plaintiffs to remove their signs pursuant to its local ordinances it must pay just compensation as that concept is dealt with in condemnation, and that it should follow the procedures outlined in the eminent domain statutes in order to accomplish such removal. More specifically, the trial court held that the City’s Sign Code which allowed plaintiffs a five-year “Amortization Period” to remove their nonconforming signs did not satisfy the just compensation requirement of the…