Regulations On Outdoor Advertising
Different jurisdictions regulate outdoor advertising to different degrees. In the US, the states of Vermont, Hawaii, Maine, and Alaska prohibit all billboards. Scenic America estimates the nationwide total of cities and communities prohibiting the construction of new billboards to be at least 1500. In 2007, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, banned all billboards within the city. There are also concerns within major cities about how many billboards and other forms of outdoor advertising are not in compliance with local by-laws, such as this website's database of alleged illegal billboards in Toronto, Canada. However, in the United States, strict laws protect against the taking of property without just compensation, making a Sao Paulo-like action highly unlikely in the U.S.
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