Last week, Tredyffrin Township officials denied two permit requests from Newtown Square-based Catalyst Outdoor Advertising for a digital billboard at a busy intersection in Paoli, writes Linda Stein for the Daily Local News.

The permit to raze the old Clockworks building located at Lancaster Avenue and Route 252 and erect an electronic billboard in its place was denied for technical reasons. But according to Township Manager William Martin, it can be re-filed.

Catalyst Outdoor Advertising was also denied a permit to digitize the current billboard by Zoning Officer Matt Baumann.

Thaddeus Bartkowski, Catalyst’s CEO, had previously presented a plan for a monument-style billboard to replace the existing static board.

More than 6,500 residents have signed a petition opposing it. Some have also placed signs in their yards, many of which have been stolen, according to Pattye Benson, president of the Tredyffrin Historic Preservation Trust.

Catalyst now has 30 days to appeal the ruling to the Zoning Hearing Board.

Read more about the decision in the Daily Local News here.

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