Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4264 v. City of Steamboat Springs

The City of Steamboat Springs, a home-rule municipality, adopted a sign code in December of 1973 as part of the city’s general zoning ordinance.1 The facts have been agreed to and are not in issue. The Steamboat Springs’ sign code provides comprehensive regulation for all signs, with certain exceptions which are not in issue in this case. No sign, with limited exception, can be erected prior to the acquisition of a city permit, payment of a fee, and compliance with the sign code’s regulations. Section 19(E)(2) of the sign code provides that any sign which extends more than three feet into or…