Have You Seen Advertising In the Air?
Radnor Township is considering a ban on aerial advertising.
Have you recently seen low-flying airplanes pulling advertising banners overhead in Radnor Township? Township manager Bob Zienkowski has seen them and he is hoping to have them prohibited from Radnor's airspace. He said it is a public safety issue. The height is extremely low and those planes "don’t sound very good," Zienkowski said. "If that plane comes down that would be a big problem." According to the township, the residents around Villanova University suffer the most from overhead flights that go on, back and forth, for at least an hour. According to township solicitor John Rice, there is case law that supports municipalities who create these ordinances for the good of public safety.
Greg Hudson
4:09 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
You have to be kidding me. These businesses have every right to advertise this way. Its laughable that the local government thinks it has a role in its airspace. Do local governments forget the constitution and the idea of free trade. These pilots run a business that should be respected as much as any other business. How is it even enforceable? Are the Radnor Police going to send out their F-18s … more ›