Signs erected to announce the general location of business sites that are not contiguous to nor visible from designated arterial routes shall be subject to the following.
(A) Location and siting shall be subject to the following provisions.
(1) Signs shall be permitted only in the A-1, C-1, C-2 and I Zoning Districts.
(2) Signs shall be limited to locations adjacent to U.S. Route 30 and Pennsylvania Routes 168 and 151.
(3) Written approval of landowners shall be required prior to erection of the sign on any property.
(4) Signs shall not be erected within a highway right-of-way.
(5) Signs shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from all right-of-way lines.
(6) Signs shall not be permitted within 50 feet of a road intersection.
(7) Signs shall not be erected within 100 feet of any existing residence or the boundary of R-1 or R-2 Zoning Districts.
(8) Signs shall not obscure traffic sight lines or highway traffic control signs and signals.
(9) A minimum distance of 100 feet shall be maintained between business directional sign installations.
(10) The density (spacing) of business directional signs shall not exceed three signs within any given 1,000 lineal feet of highway right-of-way.
(11) Signs should not exceed a height of eight feet above the average cartway surface elevation of the adjacent roadway directly opposite from the mounting sight.
(B) Sign format shall be subject to the following provisions.
(1) No sign shall be artificially illuminated or contain motion animation devices.
(2) Signs shall have a reflectorized white legend and border on a reflectorized green background or a black legend on a reflectorized white background.
(3) Not more than three business names shall be included on each sign.
(4) Sign sizes shall be limited to the following criteria.
(a) Single line destination sign shall be 72 inches by 12 inches.
(b) Double line designation sign shall be 72 inches by 24 inches.
(c) Triple line designation sign shall be 72 inches by 36 inches.
(2003 Code, § 170-42) (Ord. 2-93, passed 5-4-1993; Ord. 3-99, passed 11-11-1999)