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What states prohibit billboards?

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Western Planner

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I remember reading that a few states prohibit billboards. I believe they were Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont or New Hampshire, and Maine. Can anyone tell me?
 
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Dan

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Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont and Maine. I think Oregon doesn't permit new billboards.

What's the deal with Tennessee? Seems like it's the state where billboards go to die. Georgia and Texas, too. Do Southerners have a special appreciation for "litter on a stick" that the rest of the country doesn't understand?
 
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I think Florida is working on legislation. Orlando has just passed some sort of ordinace regarding the dismantling of some existing billboards.
 
Dan

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Nope. The Florida state legislature just passed legislation that prohibits amortization of existing billboards -- no word on whether Jeb is going to sign it or not. FDOT encourages vegetation cutting around billboards. Florida state government, and some municipalities, are very pro-billboard, while others (including my little burg) ban them with extreme prejudice.
 
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