Woodstock To Vote On Proposed Billboard Tonight

The Woodstock City Council is expected to vote on a request to install a billboard near Interstate 575.

The council will consider the request from Tinsley Postiglione during its meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the Chambers at City Center. 

Tinsley Postiglione originally petitioned the city to install a billboard on 3.49 acres on Rope Mill Road, adjacent to right-of-way along I-575.

The application was initially denied by city staff and the company appealed to the city council for a possible reversal. 

Staff denied the request based on the property's zoning and a deed restriction placed on the property that prohibits it from being used for billboards. 

The current zoning of the property, light industrial with technology park overlay, prohibits the installation of billboards within 500 feet of a residential parcel. The city's code allows for residential development in the overlay zoning. 

The property was owned by the city and transferred to its current owners earlier this year. 

The city council in its previous two meetings have tabled the request.

The most recent delay came at the request of the company, which said it needed more time for the surveyor it hired to complete supplemental information requested by the council back in June, said Attorney E. Adam Webb, who is representing the company in the case.