CBS Outdoor Inc. v. Florida Department of Transportation

In this case, we must decide whether the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) properly dismissed a petition for administrative hearing filed by the appellant billboard sign owners who sought process and redress under § 479.25(1), Florida Statutes (2012). We affirm FDOT’s order of dismissal because Appellants’ nonconforming signs are not entitled to redress under this section.

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Appellant, CBS Outdoor, Inc., owns three “nonconforming” signs (billboards) erected in 1967 along what is now Interstate 95 (“1-95”) in Jacksonville, Florida. CBS Outdoor and SLG Investments, LLC, (“Appellants”)…