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Saturday, November 17, 2007

St. Paul tries for an in-kind bribe

Pioneer Press Fri, 16 Nov 2007
St. Paul / Electronic billboard proposal beefed up

The St. Paul Planning Commission beefed up a proposal Friday that would let billboard companies put up a newer breed of advertising signs so long as they take down several old ones. ... On the billboards issue, the commission suggested giving advertising companies permission to erect digital signs, but with a tradeoff: For every square foot of digital signage that goes up, 6 to 8 square feet of old billboard space would come down. Commissioners said they wanted a more aggressive takedown ratio than suggested by the commission's zoning committee.

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