A public hearing has been set for Oct. 12 on a law that would ban new murals in the downtown historic district. The proposed ordinance also would forbid murals in historic residential districts. There's an exemption for existing murals and ones that are being painted. Some people have been alarmed at the proliferation of murals in the downtown core. Members of the Historic Resources Board and Planning Board have voted to recommend the proposed law. Seven murals have gone up in the city during the last few months, including three in the historic downtown district. The commissioners will accept public comment and consider the ordinance during their regularly scheduled 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 302 W. Reynolds St. ...more

October 3, 2009

In an unexpected move, Mayor Pam Iorio has changed direction on a proposed settlement with two advertising companies, saying that she wants to remove a provision in the agreement allowing them to replace traditional billboards with digital displays. ...more

February 14, 2009

The city council is expected to vote Thursday on a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two companies over the number of billboards they can put up. ...more

January 20, 2009

The city council is expected to vote Thursday on settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two companies over the number of billboards they can put up. ...more

January 19, 2009

Last-minute negotiations between representatives of a neighborhood group and two advertising companies forced the city council on Thursday to postpone a vote on a settlement aimed at reducing the number of billboards that can be put up across the city. ...more

December 19, 2008

A proposed settlement between the city council and two advertising companies will allow the city to maintain aesthetics in heavily traveled areas, city officials say. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- A proposed settlement between the city council and two companies will allow the city to maintain aesthetics in high-view areas, city officials say. But several council members, who are expected to vote on the proposal Thursday, say it would mean a proliferation of digital billboards — which look like massive television screens and display multiple advertisements — that will ruin the city's landscape and create public safety issues. ...more

December 16, 2008

The abundance of illegal marijuana grow houses has caused Glades Electric Cooperative to take action. ...more

December 8, 2008

City officials have proposed a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two sign companies over the number of billboards they can put up across the city. ...more

November 21, 2008

TAMPA City officials have proposed a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two sign companies over the number of billboards they can put up around the city. City attorney Chip Fletcher said the settlement will require CBS Outdoors and Clear Channel Outdoors to take down billboards from so-called "view corridors" — high-view areas where the city wants to maintain aesthetics. ...more

November 20, 2008