Eller Media Co. v. Ohio Department, Tr., Unpublished Decision (8-15-2002)

JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

This is an appeal from an order of Judge William J. Coyne that affirmed an administrative ruling of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) that denied appellant Eller Media Company's (Eller's) applications for billboard permits. It claims ODOT exceeded its authority in issuing Cleveland Outdoor Advertising Company (Cleveland Outdoor) conditional outdoor advertising permits for a sign within 500 feet of the proposed Eller site. We affirm.

On June 27, 1997, Cleveland Outdoor applied to ODOT for permits1 to construct a two-faced billboard adjacent to the Valleyview…