J.B. Steven, Inc. v. Council of the Borough of Edgewood

RODGERS, Senior Judge.

J.B. Steven, Inc. (JBS or Appellant), engaged in the outdoor advertising business, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County sustaining the preliminary objections of the appellees, the Borough of Edgewood, et al., (Borough) and dismissing Appellant’s complaint in mandamus.

JBS applied for permission to erect three billboards at two locations in the Borough on opposite sides of the Parkway East. Permission was denied because the then existing ordinance did not permit off-premises advertising signs. JBS challenged the validity of the ordinance,…