# Bench Signs Unlimited, Inc. v. Lake Township Board of Zoning Appeals

> Ohio Court of Appeals · October 7, 2002 · 149 Ohio App. 3d 462

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3700189

## Case

- **Full name:** BENCH SIGNS UNLIMITED, INC., Appellant, v. LAKE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, Appellee
- **Court:** Ohio Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** October 7, 2002
- **Citations:** 149 Ohio App. 3d 462; 777 N.E.2d 912
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Edwards
- **Judges:** Wise, Gwin, Edwards
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Edwards, Judge,
concurring.
{¶ 31} I agree with the disposition of this case by the majority.
{¶ 32} I write separately only as to the second assignment of error to make an additional point in support of our decision. We have concluded in a prior case that the exemption in R.C. 519.211(A) runs only to the utility and not to its agent.
*470
I would submit that even if it did run to an agent of the utility, it would run to the agent only for activities the public utility was designed for. In this case that may include placement of benches at bus stops, but it would not include private advertising on those benches.

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