City of Dallas v. Gaechter

AKIN, Justice.

The City of Dallas brought this suit seeking a mandatory injunction against Mike Gaechter, Gaechter Outdoor Advertising, Inc., and Ross J. Interrante to compel them to remove or lower an advertising sign erected in violation of the Dallas airport zoning ordinance. The trial court, sitting without a jury, denied plaintiff’s requested relief and ordered that the defendants maintain the sign at its present location and height, until the city grants defendants a permit to relocate the sign, on the same property, twenty-five feet nearer to the highway. On granting such a permit, the…