Blocher Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Minnesota Department of Transportation

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Blocher Outdoor Advertising Company, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the trial court affirming the decision of the Commissioner of Transportation to deny Blocher’s applications to erect advertising signs on property abutting an interstate highway. The Commissioner denied the applications because the property was unzoned and because the minimal business activities conducted on the property were not sufficient to qualify as “unzoned commercial or industrial activity” as required by Minn.Stat. § 173.02, subd. 14, and defined by 14 MCAR § 1.5037 E.10. 1 Blocher contends…