Legal Opinion
Attorney General Opinion No.
Kansas Attorney General Reports
Decided March 11, 1996Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Dick Bond State Senator, 8th District State Capitol, Room 128-S Topeka, Kansas 66612
Dear Senator Bond:
You request our opinion concerning whether a city may regulate the size and spacing of commercial advertising signs that are located on private property and, if so, whether such regulations must conform to state and federal laws.
The answer to your first question is in the affirmative. Billboards and other forms of advertising may be regulated by a city under its police power in order to promote aesthetic considerations, traffic safety and the preservation of property values.…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of WillingboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Scadron v. City of Des PlainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- T & S SIGNS, INC. v. Village of WadsworthAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
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