Its signs like these scattered around town that drives Scenic
Rapid City to continue to fight.
"We all love the Black Hills; we love what they were and not
what they've become in the last several years in particular," says Jim
Petersen, Chairman of Scenic Rapid City.
It's the beauty and safety Jim Petersen and Scenic Rapid City
want to preserve with Rapid City's billboard ban. Something he says can be done
with local control.
"This is really not about billboards at all. Let's give local
control of outdoor advertising -off premise outdoor advertising only, to local
communities. Since it has such an effect on what their community looks like,"
says Petersen.
"This also isn't an anti- Rapid City bill, this is an anti
every city bill. It affects every city in the state and their ability to
exercise the desire of their citizens," says Mayor Sam Kooiker.
And with the latest amendment to Senate Bill 157, control
could stay local.
Representative Mark Kirkeby proposed a change in the bill
that will 'allow local authority to regulate and control outdoor advertising, if
it's reasonable and related to the needs of the business community'.
"We don't want Rapid City looking like Las Vegas," says
Petersen.
The bill now heads to the Senate and if it passes, Rapid City
leaders will be sent back to the drawing board because there's no plan B. Mayor
Kooiker says rezoning isn't an option, as suggested yesterday.
"Representative Hawley's argument is a red herring because if
this law passes you won't be able to regulate with a zoning ordinance or any
other ordinance," says Mayor Kooiker.
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