Ads In Motion—Florida, Inc. v. City of Fort Lauderdale

The City of Fort Lauderdale, appellee, cited appellant, Ads In Motion, Inc., for violation of Section 47-50.3(s) Municipal Code, which totally prohibits “snipe signs.” Appellant brought suit for declaratory and injunctive relief, and here appeals the trial court’s finding that the ordinance is valid and that appellee properly applied it to appellant.

Appellant operates moving billboards. It rents advertising space on a large sign mounted on a truck, or on a trailer pulled by a truck, which moves through the streets of Fort Lauderdale. These signs never become affixed to land, even temporarily,…