EL PASO, Texas -- Mayor John Cook's veto of the new billboard ordinance will stand as El Paso City Council doesn't have enough votes to override that veto.

The council needed at least six votes to overturn a mayor's veto, but only four on council voted for the overturn.

As a result, the ordinance passed last week no longer applies to billboards in El Paso.

That ordinance included capping the total number of digital billboards to 15, 16 traditional signs would have to be taken down to put up a digital billboard and the city will not advertise on any billboards.

Cook originally vetoed the ordinance because he said Clear Channel, which owns the most billboards in El Paso, would take down 75 traditional billboards under a compromise ordinance Cook introduced Tuesday to replace the vetoed ordinance.

In the compromise, five traditional billboards would be taken down for every digital billboard, among other compromises.

Council decided to delete that compromise, and go back to the drawing board on this issue.

"I am upset. I feel very strongly about this. Billboards are clutter and we've done such great things within the city for revitalization and saving arroyos and open space and parks and all of that, you know. And then this one very visual aspect that we can control is still going to go ahead. It's really very sad for me," said Rep. Ann Morgan Lilly.

So council said in the coming weeks and months, they will work on a way to reduce the number of billboards and keep the billboard companies happy.