ADAMS OUTDOOR ADV. v. BD. OF ZON. APPEALS

Record No. 001386.

544 S.E.2d 315 (2001)

ADAMS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC. v. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS OF THE CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Jacobs, II (Glenn R. Croshaw; Christian & Barton; Wilcox & Savage, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Vanessa T. Valldejuli, Assistant City Attorney (Leslie L. Lilley, City Attorney; Teresa N. McCrimmon, Assistant City Attorney; Kimberly R. Van Essendelft, Assistant City Attorney, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

This case involves a controversy over two billboards owned by Adams Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (Adams), located on the same site on Shore Drive in the City of Virginia Beach. The billboards have been in use since their construction in 1967. In 1987, the City Council of Virginia Beach amended the city zoning ordinance (CZO) to provide in § 216(a) that "[n]o new billboards shall be erected within the city limits, effective immediately." Thereafter...

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