NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 04: The new Eva Mendes Calvin Klein Secret Obsession billboard is on display at the unveiling of the Eva Mendes' billboard for Calvin Klein Secret Obsession in Times Square on September 4, 2008 in New York City.
How much solar energy does it take to run a giant digital billboard 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year?
The L.A. City Department of Building and Safety really does cite illegal billboards, and they’re sometimes even removed. Here’s an example, very minor in the overall scheme of billboard scofflawism, but worth noting nevertheless. Vista Media erected the billboard shown, plus another, on a gas station property on Centinela Ave. in West L.A. early this year. After receiving a complaint, inspectors issued an order to remove them on March 27. The company failed to comply with the order in the requisite time, and the complaint was referred to the City Attorney’s office for further enforcement. That office filed a criminal complaint, which was scheduled for trial on Feb. 11...
An Interim Control Ordinance (ICO) putting a one year moratorium on all new off-site advertising signs, including the conversion of conventional billboards to digital, is expected to be considered the by the City Planning Commission sometime next month. However, two major downtown developments—Sonny Astani’s 33-story “Concerto” condominium project, and the L.A. Live project adjacent to Staples Center—are already seeking to be exempted from any moratorium on new signs....
