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Page 8 -- November 15, !993 Z.g. DECISION: Reversed and sent back to COAH for further proceedings. In developing affordable housing plans, a municipality must consider not only its own housing needs but also the needs of the entire region. When reviewing the actions of an agency, a court should presume an admin- istrative regulation is reasonable and valid. In this case, the court determined the occupancy preference for people living and working in the municipalily was inconsistent with the New Jersey Fair Housing Act's primary purpose of providing affordable housing on a regional basis. Therefore, the court reversed {he reviewing court's decision and sent {he case back to COAH for further proceedings. Count), NAACP u Township of Mount Laurel, 456 A.2d 390 (1983). Advertising - Highway Billboards - Prohibition by City Permitted IL Scadron u CiO, of Des Plaines, 606 N.E.2d 1154 (1992) Scadron rented billboards along highways to advertisers. He wanted to put a billboard near an entrance ramp to Interstate 294 in Des Plaines, Ill. He made the necessary applications to the Illinois Department of Transportation and then applied for a building permit with the city. The city denied Scadron's application, citing a provision of its sign reg- ulations prohibiting billboards designed to be seen from a limited-access highway. Scadron sued the city in federal court, claiming its regulations were pre- empted by Illinois' Highway Advertising Control Act, which limited billboards but protected the right of businesses like Scadron's to erect them, as long as they followed the taw's regulations. The court dismissed the suit, and Scadron appealed. The appellate court transferred the case to the Illinois Supreme Court, asking the courl to decide whether., under Illinois law, the city had the right to prohibit billboards despite the provisions of the act protecting advertisers. DECISION: The city could prohibit billboards. The case was returned to the federal court. 'The home rule provisions of the Illinois Constitution give home rule "units" - cities of over 25,000 - the right to pass any laws pertaining to their "gov. ernment and affairs." The regulation of outdoor advertising signs falls within this description, and the city has the right to pass sign regulations. Cities may also perform some functions concurrently with the state so long as state law does not specifically prohibit this. The act does not specifically prohibit cities from having their own regulations of outdoor advertising, Some of the act's language, indeed, seems to contemplate city regulations more stringent than those contained in the act. Dingeman Advertising. ln~, 510 N.E. 2d 539. t~ozner v. Korshak, 303 N.E. 2d 389 (1973). I I I' I I I I I I I I I I ! I I I