Digital billboard (off-premises sign) code amendment
Summary
Louisville's decades-old ban on digital billboards could end, allowing LED signs in commercial and industrial zones with safety standards like eight-second image changes and no video. Downtown would require one static sign removal per new digital sign.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jun 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
Billboard operators gain new advertising revenue opportunities; no direct cost to the city identified.
Billboard companies and advertisers; drivers may see more dynamic signage along corridors.
Critics of visual clutter may object; historic districts and most residential form districts remain protected.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Planning and Zoning Committee — June 16, 2026
Louisville's decades-old ban on digital billboards could end, allowing LED signs in commercial and industrial zones with safety standards like eight-second image changes and no video. Downtown would require one static sign removal per new digital sign.
Planning and Zoning Committee — June 2, 2026
Rules for digital billboards were on the agenda but held at the sponsor's request — nothing happened this meeting.
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