Stephenson's Restaurants, Inc. v. Missouri State Highway & Transportation Commission

SHANGLER, Judge.

This appeal involves construction of the Billboards Law §§ 226.500 through 226.-600, RSMo Supp.1982]. The final decision of the Missouri State Highway and Transportation Commission determined that an off-premises outdoor sign owned and displayed by Stephenson’s Restaurants, Inc. and Great White Rabbit, Inc., dba Stephenson’s Apple Tree Inn, violated the space interval provisions of the Law, and so ordered removal. The circuit court reversed the decision of the Commission on the ground that the sign was exempt from the control of the Billboards Law under the terms of §…