City Seeking Public Input on the Installation of Digital Billboards

Baldwin Park may soon get a set of digital billboards should the city council approve an amendment to allow them in the city.

A public hearing to take input from the community is scheduled during Wednesday night’s regular council meeting. The city is considering amending an 2003 ordinance that prohibits any new billboards in the city beyond the ones that already exist.

However, according to a staff report, Clear Channel Outdoor wants to convert three of its signs, located at the Cloverleaf Business Park, so that they have digital display. The ordinance as written currently prohibits this, according to the report.

If changed the new ordinance would apply only to existing and  legally constructed billboards within the city, officials wrote. The business park is bordered by Interstate 10 and the 605 Freeway.

“The ordinance only allows for the conversion of existing billboard structures along an Interstate Freeway Corridor such as the I-10, San Bernardino, or I-605, San Gabriel River Freeways with the construction of a new digital-faced billboard structures,” officials wrote.

The amended ordinance would include a number of standards that need to be met including approval from Caltrans, limitations on display size (not to exceed 14-feet in height and 48 feet in width) and limitations on brightness, according to the report.

For information on times and location of the Wednesday’s council meeting, check the city’s website or call (626) 960-4011.