Department of Transportation v. Spells Sign Co.

Stolz, Judge.

This case involves the construction of provisions of the Georgia Code of Public Transportation dealing with *351outdoor advertising. The appellee applied to the Department of Transportation for permission to erect a billboard adjacent to Interstate 75 in Lowndes County. The department refused permission based on its construction of Code Ann. §§ 95A-914 (1), 95A-916 (r) (Ga. L. 1973, pp. 947,1072,1077). The Superior Court of Lowndes County reversed the department’s final agency decision and held that the appellee be issued a permit to erect its sign. The Department of Transportation…