Lamar Companies billboard lease — Palatine Park parcel
Fairmont
Description
An ordinance would let the city lease a slice of city-owned land to Lamar for one of three new two-sided signs (one digital face) under a program that would permanently remove a net of eight billboards. The lease can't take effect until Lamar secures all variances and legal approvals, so Council postponed both the hearing and the vote to September 22.
Impact summary
If approved, Fairmont would see eight fewer billboards overall but a new digital sign adjacent to Palatine Park and a residential edge — a flashpoint for light pollution, driver-distraction, and land-use concerns.
Applicant
- Name
- Lamar Companies (Lamar Advertising of Bridgeport)
- Address
- Intersection of New Street and East Park Avenue, Fairmont, WV (part of Parcel 333, Marion County Tax Map 05-05-333, RR Parcel 17)
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 9
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Jul 28, 2026.
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