Colorado State University recently moved forward with the beginning stages of installing 12 digital billboards across its campus. This move clashes with the policies and interests of the City of Fort Collins, which prohibits billboards within the city limits.
In 2018, the Fort Collins City Council passed Ordinance No. 141, which amended the city’s Land Use Code to prohibit temporary or permanent signs located off business premises, including print and digital billboards. The ordinance affirmed a similar law passed in 1997.
“The purpose and intent of the Sign Code is to set out reasonable regulations for the design, location, installation, display, operation, repair, maintenance and removal of signs in a manner that advances the City’s legitimate, important, substantial, and compelling interests, while simultaneously safeguarding the constitutionally protected right of free speech,” reads Section 3.8.7 of the Land Use Code…