Illegal billboards to come down...now.

The Ontario Superior Court has decided in the favour of the City of Toronto, giving it the legal right to remove any billboard that lacks planning permission or a valid permit.

"The Court ruled that the City may proceed with removing Strategic Media’s illegal billboards while Strategic Media continues with its constitutional challenge against the City’s signs by-laws."

The fight over illegal signs resulted in the squaring off of IllegalSigns.ca and the OOD/OOH advertising company Strategic Media. The Court eventually ruled in favour of the City and IllegalSigns.ca, forcing Strategic Media to take down 35 signs. But Strategic Media is far from the only culprit in the illegal signs drama - far from it. The city is home to hundreds, possibly more than a thousand illegal signs.