Appeals Court Orders Removal of Five Points Billboard, Yet Sign Remains

Despite an order from Lower Merion and a fresh rejection of its case in court, an advertising company has not removed its billboard at the Five Points intersection in Bryn Mawr as of Tuesday night.

"There has now been a zoning board decision, and 3 court decisions ruling against this Bryn Mawr billboard," Lower Merion Township Commissioner Scott Zelov wrote in an email.

The previous two court decisions were by and , ruling in Lower Merion's favor over billboard company AdSmart Outdoor Advertising, Inc. The most recent decision by the Commonwealth Court came March 13.

The township issued the company an enforcement letter to remove or cover the billboard, but the sign remained as of March 20. If AdSmart does not remove or cover the billboard, they will face fines imposed by a local judge, Zelov wrote.

Lower Merion Township first issued AdSmart a zoning violation in 2010.

The ad space at the Five Points Intersection is currently being leased by Main Line Health. Since the Court of Common Pleas ruling Feb. 2, the billboard message changed from an advertisement for 's Comprehensive Breast Center to the current advertisement that bears the phrase "Delivering the Best Beginnings."

AdSmart shares the same owners as Bartkowski Investment Group, which wants to put up five billboards in Haverford Township, including two along Route 30/Lancaster Avenue that would overlook the Bryn Mawr section of Lower Merion. Haverford Township  last month after a nearly three-year process. Thaddeus Bartkowski .