§ 155.355 IMITATION OF TRAFFIC AND EMERGENCY SIGNS PROHIBITED.

   No person shall cause to be erected or maintained any sign using any combination of forms, words, colors or lights, which imitates standard public traffic regulatory, emergency signs or signals.

(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 11.06) Penalty, see § 155.999

§ 155.356 SIGN SUPPORTS WITHIN RIGHT-OF-WAY PROHIBITED; SIGNS FORFEITED.

   (A)   No sign support shall be located within the public right-of-way and no sign shall project over any public right-of-way or across the public right-of-way line.

   (B)   Any sign installed or placed on or over public property or right-of-way after the adoption of this subchapter, except in conformance with these requirements, shall be forfeited to the public and subject to confiscation. In addition to other remedies hereunder, the county shall have the right to recover from the owner or person placing such a sign the full cost of removal and disposal of the sign.

(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 11.07) Penalty, see § 155.999

§ 155.357 SIGN MAINTENANCE.

   All signs and all sign supports shall be maintained in good repair and in proper operating condition. No sign face shall remain cracked or broken, and no illuminating device shall be maintained in any way other than the method for which such device was designed and approved by the County Department of Planning, Zoning and Building Code Enforcement.

(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 11.08) Penalty, see § 155.999

§ 155.358 OTHER CODES NOT IN CONFLICT APPLICABLE.

   All signs erected or maintained pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall do so in compliance with all applicable state laws, with the commonwealth’s Building Code and the National Electric Code, and other applicable county codes not in conflict with the provisions of this subchapter.

(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 11.09) Penalty, see § 155.999

§ 155.359 SPECIAL PURPOSE AND ELECTION SIGNS.

   (A)   Special purpose signs, as defined in this subchapter, are prohibited from being erected or maintained in the county, except as provided for in § 155.369 of this chapter.

   (B)   Any occupancy or any premises that may erect permanent signs may erect election signs for period not to exceed 60 days prior to any primary or general election. Election signs shall be removed within ten days after the election or after the termination of a candidacy, whichever occurs first.

   (C)   No building permit shall be required to be issued for election signs.

(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 11.10) Penalty, see § 155.999