Planning Commission approves five more video billboards for downtown

The city Planning Commission last week approved five additional video billboards for downtown. The panel voted Thursday to add the high-tech advertisements to a list of other prominent downtown buildings that was approved in March. The move brings a total of 11 large, flashy and colorful billboards that will have no audio into the central business district. The first batch of video billboards was given a thumbs up by the commission on March 3 after a lengthy, raucous meeting that included push back from downtown residents who decried “visual clutter” and traffic woes, among other issues.