[Ord. 2-98, 2/19/1998, § II]
All candidates for any Township, county or state office shall
register with the municipal office of Upper Macungie Township ("Township")
their intent to post political signs within the Township and state
rights-of-way, whereupon such signs will be placed at those locations.
This registration shall be accompanied by a deposit of $100, which
sum shall be deposited by the Township in a non-interest-bearing Township
escrow account.
[Ord. 2-98, 2/19/1998, § III]
The one-hundred-dollar deposit shall be held by the Township
in the said escrow account from the date of receipt until the end
of the seventh day following the subject election.
[Ord. 2-98, 2/19/1998, § IV]
Each political candidate shall be personally responsible to
remove any and all political signs posted by the candidate or his
or her representative no later than the end of the seventh day following
the election for which the sign was posted. Should all such signs
not be removed by that date, that candidate shall automatically forfeit
the deposit of $100 to the Township as liquidated (but not as a penalty)
damages.
[Ord. 2-98, 2/19/1998, § V]
The failure to remove any and all such political signs by candidates as prescribed in § 19-103 above shall be declared to be a nuisance and, therefore, be governed by the provisions of the Second Class Township Code, 53 P.S. § 66529.
[Ord. 2-98, 2/19/1998, § IV]
Separate and apart from the forfeiture of the one-hundred-dollar
deposit with the Township for the abatement of such nuisance, any
person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $600. Each day that a violation of this Part continues after
notice shall constitute a separate offense. This Section providing
for fines and penalties is pursuant to the provisions of the Second
Class Township Code.
