COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — The Columbus City Council is looking at new rules on putting up billboards along U.S. Highway 45 North and portions of Mississippi Highway 182.
The rules, if adopted, would lift a billboard ban in effect in the city limits of Columbus for 14 years.
The Commercial Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1p8KX1r ) the changes would come to areas in the city zoned Highway Commercial. It would include all property in those zones, city-owned or otherwise.
The council is expected to take up the rules Oct. 21.
City Attorney Jeff Turnage says Leonard Busby, owner of a digital billboard company, is asking for the change. Busby has a digital billboard near Lion Hills Golf Club and hopes to place more around the city.
Some council members say the signs are distracting to drivers.
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Information from: The Commercial Dispatch, http://www.cdispatch.com
