The Court reversed the the trial court's order denying plaintiff's appeal from the Zoning Hearing Board's decision to revoke plaintiff's building permit for its billboard, finding that the objectors' appeal from the issuance of the building permit for the plaintiff's sign was untimely filed. The Court affirmed the trial court's finding that plaintiff waived its right to pursue a challenge to the constitutional validity of the Zoning Ordinance when plaintiff entered into a compromise agreement with the Zoning Hearing Board regarding the billboard's lighting restrictions, position, height, size and number of advertising faces.
The plaintiff company, Adams Outdoor Advertising, Ltd. (Adams), filed an application with the Zoning Hearing Board of the Township of Weisenberg (the Board) for a building permit to erect an off-premises advertising sign. The Board denied Adams' application because it was in violation of the Zoning Ordinance in terms of both its height and off-premises status. After Adams appealed to the Board, the Board granted Adams a variance for the sign and the Board issued Adams a permit, which limited the time period for illumination of the lights on the sign from between 6pm to 11pm. Upon objectors filing an appeal to the Board's permit, challenging the sign's height, the Board then revoked the permit for Adams' sign, and Adams appealed the Board's decision.