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Billboards Get Setback
By PET WJ:1rLY.r.
Nasal Nan Now
F:xprnawey billboanis were
banned Tuelulny by the MO-
M Commission,
But It will he five years
before there that nro eircady
up hive Io come down.
The pellet, came In an 6-!
vole approving ■ Inng•pend-
ntllnnnte regnIalIng the
f outdone advertising
11 came over vlgoroua
protest from Ilse billboard
and rtrclrin sign induslrlra,
(•oxnnri•.,i„nrr Itnrnld
Sp -art, rhalrsrlon of the Mel•
ro committee flint drafted
the ordinance. Ind the fight
fo,r p;u .age, Ile said 1110
measure R•n% n compromise.
R *
"We Tried to lilt a middle
ground, not to hurt the In-
dustry yet still do what Is
heal for the people or Dade.
We felt expresaweya should
ho kept free from billboards,"
Its explained.
The ordinance:
PROUJBITB any billboards
within 200 feet of an express-
way.
[' R O I! I R 1 T elbtllbosrds
within 200 to 600 feet of an
cxpreseway If it fates the ex•
preuwsy, but permit' b I 1!-
boards 1n that eras If. Ihoy
are directed at other road.
ways.
REQUI8128 billboard", to
be 300 feet apart and limits
Them to a height of 25 feet.
'REBTItIOTN the *lie and
* * *
And Another Setback
For Bus Benches
Iles bench rn'gnale Jaynes
.1• ,inners tried to Inlck Mel-
lo ('umrnisslon pnrccrluro
Tuesday mid come nu•ey nn
apologetic Inver.
During the luncheon re-
cess, Jnmes lobbyed for a
chtmgc In the cottnty'a:bus
Ien'In nIdlllrni o lu rcduco
froth 1" to sir feet the dls-
tnnce they nuit sit back
from the highways,
Ile Irfl ullh rorll roomier
alnnrr a ropy of an ordinance,
draflyd by his allnrney, that
amended existing leglslelloss
poring the afternoon session,
('onlmialnnrr • dimwit Allen
mayor! Ili. amrndrd ordl-
nanre hn par.MII an first
reading„.
Contnds:donee Arthur PO,.
Inn ohJcclht but n motion to
dcfcr foiled alx In Ike with
romnlboloncn !lug hIan
Long, Tont Sgssn, M I I t on
Thrimpann. Allen, Robert
Menke end Chuck lfull op-
Irrslnk deferment.
Patten, then sold he had
ghrn his word In an election
ntnpalgn to oppose "bring -
In ordinances, late In
rternoon when no ono
us label they are shout."
fir said that following the
victim. the cn(nrnlaslnn had
adopted prrrcedurcv In pre-
/7- o02967
vont this and that these pro-
cedures hound • all commis-
aloners,
"You're brcnking your
word," he declared.
Commissioner !lobart
Brake sold he hadn't been
nwaro of this. "in view of the
conunenls, I'll mnvo to re-
conalder our action, he
arid.
As Ma,cnmmission prepar-
ed to vole, .Inmea nndded
"yes" lo number of com-
inl.sloners. The second vole
lu defer action for one week
was unanimous.'
.Jnmea then approached the
microphone and said, "1 opal•
uglu."
height of polnl•nf•+Rtlle stgne
used by emu located adJae:
ent to cepreuwaye,
ACQUIRES ell existing
billboard" that violate t he
ordinance be remoWd by
March 1,1968.
Slate Rcp, Jeas Yarbor•
nugh, describing himself se a
zoning consultant for the out-
door advertising Industry, led
Illo fight against passage of
the ordinance.
"We're not solder
but thAt we be
A
Nigh said. W. think It's era:
salberbed Iregalatissl sgalast
atry..
Yar1oroujh•satd the Indus•
Iry Is wW1ng to 1}ccept cer-
tain fettrieDonli
o111
than Thane pibvldad
dlnepca but that it can not
live with the 500.foot calbaok
requfrmenl.
;'If you adopt thla, the bill-
board Industry Is out the win-
dow," he declared.
Jlnwovcr E. I/. Elliott, own-
er of Elliott AdvarWln$ Co.,
admitted In respoltslr to a
Question from Con nlsstoner
Hughlen Long that " thli ,will
not substantially curtail our
business." He aid 1t wilt
hamper future growth of h
b' sins,