Weir v. Rimmelin

The majority opinion concedes that the city of Toledo has concurrent authority to enforce advertising regulations within city limits. Proceeding from this premise it should be *59noted that R.C. 5516.11 permits substitution within industrially and/or commercially zoned areas of a local zoning authority’s regulations controlling the “size, lighting, and spacing of outdoor advertising devices which are not inconsistent with the intent of this act [R.C. Chapter 5516] and which are a part of a bona fide commercial and industrial zoning plan,” in lieu of the controls encompassed by R.C. 5516.02(D),…