Subject to the other provisions of this article, only the following
types of permanent signs are permitted throughout the Township:
A. Permits required. Building permits shall be required for all permanent
signs.
Subject to the other provisions of this article, only the following
types of temporary signs will be permitted throughout the Township.
A. Permits required. Building permits shall be required for the erection
of the following types of temporary signs as referenced in the following
chart: T-1, T-3, T-4, T-5, T-8, T-9 and T-10.
B. Chart of Temporary Signs Permitted.
Signs advertising on-site special events shall be subject to
the chart and the following:
A. No sign shall be used for more than 60 consecutive days in any twelve-consecutive-month
period.
B. No sign shall be used on any one lot for more than 120 days during
any twelve-consecutive-month period.
C. No lot shall have a sign more than four separate times during any
twelve-consecutive-month period.
D. No temporary sign may be located within a clear sight triangle.
E. Permits shall be required for each time such sign is to be used.
The application shall state date of placement and period of placement.
A location map showing relationship of the sign to roads and driveways
shall be attached.
Freestanding billboards are permitted by special exception in the I-3 Zone subject to the criteria listed in §§
150-302D and
150-315 of this chapter.
The following types of signs shall not be permitted in the Township:
A. Signs of such a design and location that they interfere with, compete
for attention with or may be mistaken for a traffic signal. This shall
include any sign visible from the public right-of-way which uses an
arrow device or the word "stop." It shall also include signs in which
the colors red, green or amber are used either in direct illumination
or in high reflection by the use of special preparation, such as fluorescent
paint or glass.
B. Any sign located in or extending into a public right-of-way, except
those owned or operated by a duly constituted government.
C. Any freestanding sign within the clear sight triangle, except directional
signs less than three feet in height, and any other sign which interferes
with the safe movement of traffic.
D. Freestanding signs on or over a public sidewalk area.
E. Signs attached perpendicular to any building and projecting over
the public sidewalk area.
F. Signs erected upon or attached to the roof of any building.
G. Freestanding signs for individual uses within an approved shopping
center complex.