Billboard plan to council

A divided Los Angeles Planning Commission approved a new sign-control plan Thursday in an effort to quell public outrage over runaway growth of billboards, supergraphics and digital signs.
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Commissioners including Sean Burton sought to reassure critics that the disputed plan would reduce billboard blight, but some community activists remained skeptical.

The measure would ban digital billboards, establish no-sign districts and impose hefty fines on illegal signs. But it would also establish sign districts in commercial areas where a more intense use of billboards would be allowed.