Akron City Council is reviewing a proposal for a digital billboard that would stand just over 200 feet tall off of Route 8 on North Street. The billboard would be well over the city鈥檚 zoning code of a 50 foot limit. Some residents said the billboard would block views of the Cuyahoga River, calling it a "big stick of litter." City councilwoman Tara Mosley-Samples said that isn鈥檛 the issue.
"So, it鈥檚 really just about zoning and nothing else. I know they brought up aesthetics a couple times, but that has nothing to do with the zoning portion that the city is in control over."
Samples said she lives close to where the sign would be built and that it wouldn鈥檛 block any views of the Cuyahoga. She said it would bring value to local businesses by allowing them a new advertising opportunity.
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