Weir v. Rimmelin

This appeal centers on the authority of different governmental entities to regulate outdoor advertising billboards within a munici*56pality’s corporate boundaries. The precise issue is whether a city has exclusive authority to enforce the regulations pertaining to such devices. Based on the following, we hold that where state and local regulations concerning unlawful conduct do not conflict, the state and municipality have concurrent authority under the police power to enforce their respective directives inside the corporate limits of the city.

In 1965, Congress passed the Highway Beautification…