[Added 6-4-2002 by Ord. No. 980]
A. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth herein.
PERSON
An individual, committee, corporation, association, partnership
or any other legal entity.
SIGN
Any poster, notice, placard, board or display intended to
carry a message of any kind or to advertise an event, person, place
or thing.
TEMPORARY
A sign for which no permanent permit is required under the
ordinances and regulations of Wilmerding Borough.
B. No person shall post, erect or cause to post or erect any temporary
sign in any public place or right-of-way in the Borough of Wilmerding
except in compliance with this article.
C. It shall be presumed that the person who advertised, promoted or
is depicted on the temporary sign is the person who benefited from
display of the temporary sign and was the person who erected or caused
to be erected such temporary sign. Such benefited person shall be
bound by the provisions of this article.
D. Every person who desires to erect a temporary sign must first apply
for and obtain a temporary sign permit from the Building Inspector
at the Borough Municipal Building and complete and execute in full
an application form to be provided. A sample of the notice or sign
must be delivered to the Building Inspector. A fee of $25 must be
paid to the Borough.
E. Within 30 days following the event or the time established by the
Building Inspector for the removal of such temporary signs, all such
temporary signs must be removed. After the applicant has removed all
such signs, on his written affirmation that they have been removed,
the twenty-five-dollar charge shall be refunded. However, prior to
making the refund, the Building Inspector shall first ascertain that
all such signs have in fact been removed.
F. If no application for refund is made or the temporary signs have
not been removed within the time lines established by the Building
Inspector, the Building Inspector shall forfeit the twenty-five-dollar
charge, and it shall be transferred to the general fund. Notice of
such determination shall be mailed by regular mail to such applicant
at the address set forth in the application. This is not the exclusive
remedy, and the Borough shall have the authority to prosecute under
Subsection
H below.
G. Borough Council hereby determines that $25 is a reasonable charge
for the cost of Borough employees to remove all temporary signs.
H. For each violation of this article, the person found guilty shall
be subject to a civil fine of $100 for each temporary sign erected
or which is allowed to remain in place in violation of this article.