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A court ruling pulled the plug on Fort Collins’ lawsuit over an electronic billboard installed near city limits. The Larimer County District Court decision, filed Tuesday, rejected the city’s protest of a Larimer County board of commissioners vote that approved a 30-foot electronic billboard at the northwest corner of Interstate 25 and Harmony Road. The city has 49 days from that decision to file a notice of appeal at the direction of Fort Collins City Council. Street Media Group installed the billboard in November. The billboard site is under the county’s jurisdiction but is in the city’s growth management area, meaning the city intends to eventually annex it. The county approved the billboard, which displays a carousel of advertisements for 6 seconds apiece, after Street Media Group agreed to remove five older signs in the area in conjunction with the new billboard. County officials saw the billboard deal as an opportunity to declutter the area of signs and u ....