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The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to create new rules for billboards that will allow companies to increase their size and height, and convert existing static billboards to electronic displays.
The rule change allows for billboards larger than 600 square feet and 70 feet tall, more than double the size of the previous county standard.
Luke Edens is with the Phoenix-area chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association. He says the entire county will be affected by the light pollution that comes with an increase in electronic displays.
“That really can compromise the sky quality, what we call ‘sky glow,’ at night. I look at it similar to when someone driving sees the nearby athletic field from miles away, imagine that now with digital billboards,” said Edens.
The new rules state that billboards must be dimmed at sunset and turned off completely by 11 p.m. through sunrise, and electronic billboards will be required to use technology to limit light pollution.
While the rules only apply to unincorporated county land, many Phoenix-area cities have already legalized the use of digital billboards.
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