It is recognized that signs perform important functions in identifying
residences and businesses. It is hereby found and declared, however,
that control of signs is necessary to promote the health, safety and
general welfare by:
A. Lessening hazards to pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
B. Preserving property values.
C. Preventing unsightly and detrimental development which has a blighting
influence upon residential, business and industrial uses.
D. Preventing signs from reaching such excessive size that they obscure
one another to the detriment of all concerned.
E. Securing certain fundamentals of design for the Borough.
In all zoning districts within the Borough, signs may be erected,
altered, maintained, used or moved only when in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
[Amended 10-2-1978 by Ord. No. 78-4]
A. On-premises signs. In RC Retail Commercial, SC Service Commercial,
MB Metropolitan Business and P Professional Districts, no on-premises
signs shall be permitted except as follows:
[Amended 11-5-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-4; 2-7-2005 by Ord. No.
2005-1]
(1) All signs permitted in §
405-41A at the standards prescribed therein, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(2) Parallel signs, provided that the area of all parallel signs for
each establishment shall not exceed one square foot for each foot
of length of the front building wall or length of that portion of
such wall which is devoted to such an establishment.
(3) Freestanding business signs, provided that:
(a)
A freestanding sign will only be permitted if it is not possible
to position a ground sign on the property or locate an adequate projecting
or roof sign on the structure.
(b)
Only one such sign shall be permitted on each property for each street frontage, subject to the provisions of §
405-40B(8).
(c)
The area of any one such sign shall not exceed one square foot
for each one foot of lot frontage or 24 square feet, whichever is
smaller.
(d)
The maximum height of freestanding business signs shall not
exceed 12 feet.
(4) Projecting signs, provided that:
(a)
The property does not have a ground sign. The projecting sign
shall not exceed 1/2 of a square foot for each foot of length of the
front building wall or length of such wall which is devoted to the
establishment.
(5) Ground signs, provided that:
(a)
The ground sign and supporting structure shall be no more than
six feet in overall height.
(b)
The ground sign shall not exceed 24 square feet in area.
(c)
The ground sign shall not have lighting that shines into adjacent
properties or creates a traffic hazard.
(d)
The ground sign shall be on an attractive masonry base or landscaped
for three feet around the base.
(6) Electronic message signs, subject to the provisions of §
405-40B(17).
[Added 8-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-2]
B. Off-premises signs. All off-premises signs permitted in §
405-41B at the standards prescribed therein are permitted in RC Retail Commercial, SC Service Commercial, MB Metropolitan Business and P Professional Districts.
(1) Electronic message signs, subject to the provisions of §
405-40B(17).
[Added 8-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-2]
In open recreation districts the following signs shall be permitted:
A. One nonilluminated or indirectly illuminated on-premises sign, which
names and gives pertinent information pertaining to the recreational
facility, and other official signs which are similarly authorized
or erected by a duly constituted governmental body.
B. Temporary parallel advertising will be permitted on the backfield
fences facing the backstop in baseball fields in open recreation districts.
Such signs shall not extend above the fences to which they are attached
and shall be erected no sooner than one week prior to the initial
municipally sanctioned league baseball game of the season, and shall
be removed no later than one week after the final such game of the
season.
[Amended 3-9-1976]
It shall be the duty of the Zoning Officer to conduct inspections
and surveys to determine compliance or noncompliance with the terms
of this chapter.