Kuchta v. Arisian

**531*410"The outdoor sign or symbol is a venerable medium for expressing political, social and commercial ideas." (Internal quotation marks omitted.)

**532Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego , 453 U.S. 490, 501, 101 S.Ct. 2882, 69 L.Ed. 2d 800 (1981). The primary issue we must resolve in this case is whether General Statutes § 8-2,1 which authorizes a municipality's zoning commission to regulate the height, size, and location of "advertising signs and billboards," permits a municipality to regulate signs erected on residential property that disparage a commercial vendor.

The plaintiff, the zoning…