No sign shall be hung, placed or painted in any district except
as hereinafter provided.
All signs, except for temporary signs, shall require a permit.
Applications for permits shall be submitted in triplicate to the Construction
Official. Each application shall be accompanied by a description of
the sign and/or a sketch or plan showing the size, location and other
pertinent data required by the Construction Official.
Any sign in a sight triangle shall not create any unsafe condition
for vehicular traffic. Whenever a freestanding, overhanging or attached
sign becomes structurally unsafe, the Construction Official shall
order that such sign be made safe or removed. Such order shall be
complied with within 10 days of receipt thereof by the person, corporation
or other body owning the sign or owning the building or structure
to which it is attached.
Any sign erected, hung or otherwise displayed prior to the adoption
of this article which does not conform to these provisions shall not
be altered by changing the overall dimensions. If deteriorated or
damaged to the extent of 1/2 of its replacement value, such sign shall
not be rebuilt and shall be removed within 60 days following notice
to do so by the Construction Official; provided, however, that nothing
contained herein shall prevent maintenance, repainting or posting
of such signs.
A temporary sign is one which shall remain standing for a period
not to exceed six months, provided that, in the case where such a
sign advertises an event or occurrence, including political campaigns,
charitable drives, rental of apartments, sale of homes and like activities,
such signs shall be removed within 15 days of the closing of the event
or occurrence advertised thereon. Any temporary sign that remains
in place for 12 months or more shall not be deemed a temporary sign.
Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way any directional,
informational or street name signs erected by any municipal, county,
state or federal government agency or utility in connection with street
identifications, public buildings, railroad crossings, electric utility
lines and installations and other like uses, buildings or activities
or any nonilluminated nameplate or plaque of less than two square
feet in area, or any directional signs on premises, less than one
square foot in area, indicating traffic movements, exits and entrances.
No sign shall be located so as to obstruct any door, fire escape,
stairway or opening intended to provide light, air, ingress or egress
for any building or structure. No sign shall be permitted where such
sign would obstruct vision at a street intersection or at any curve
in any street. Such signs where they exist are subject to action by
the Borough and must be corrected or removed within 60 days of the
notification to do so.
Unless otherwise provided, no more than one ground sign on any
street frontage shall be permitted on any premises in a residential,
commercial or industrial district. This section shall not apply to
signs indicating the entrance to or exit from a premises, or any such
similar permitted signs. For properties on corner lots, one sign may
be permitted on each street frontage, providing that the aggregate
area of signs is not greater than 1 1/2 times the area of a single
sign as hereinafter specified. In addition to any permanent ground
sign, one temporary sign up to 10 square feet shall be permitted on
each frontage.