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Whenever a developer installs or causes to be installed any sewer lines or water lines, the developer shall, as soon as practicable after installations are complete, furnish the Township with a copy of a drawing that shows the exact location of such lines. Such drawings must be verified as accurate by the service provider. Compliance with this requirement shall be a condition of the continued validity of the permit authorizing such development.
(Ord. 3/9/1993B, § 618)
District justices shall have initial jurisdiction over proceedings brought under this Section. The enforcement remedies are as follows:
A. Any person, partnership or corporation, who or which has violated the planned residential development provisions of this Chapter, shall, upon being found liable therefore in a civil enforcement proceeding commenced by the Township, pay a judgement of not more than $500 plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township. No judgement shall commence or be imposed, levied or payable until the date of the determination of a violation by the district Justice. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgement, the Township may enforce the judgement pursuant to the appropriate rules of civil procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate violation, unless the district Justice determines otherwise. All judgements, costs, and reasonable attorney fees collected for the violation of planned residential development provisions shall be paid to the Township.
B. The court of common pleas, upon petition, may grant an order of stay, upon cause shown, tolling the per them judgement pending a final adjudication of the violation and judgement.
C. Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed or interpreted to grant to any person or entity other than the Township the right to commence any action for enforcement pursuant to this Section.
(Ord.3/9/1993B,§ 619)
PART 7
SIGN REGULATIONS
SIGN REGULATIONS
The following requirements apply to all signs.
A. Signs must be constructed of durable material and maintained in good condition.
B. No sign shall be maintained within the Township in such a state of disrepair or the appearance of complete neglect.
C. Whenever a sign becomes structurally unsafe or endangers the safety of the building or premise, or endangers the public safety, the Zoning Officer shall give written notice to the owner of the premises that such sign be made safe or removed within 5 days.
D. Advertising painted upon or displayed upon a barn or other building or structure shall be regarded as a flat wall sign and the regulations pertaining thereto shall apply.
E. Each sign shall be removed when the circumstances leading to its erection no longer apply.
F. Signs may be interior lighted with non-glaring lights, or may be illuminated by floodlights or spotlights that are. shielded so there is no direct light transmitted to other properties or public rights-of-way.
G. No sign shall be of the intermittent flashing or rotating type.
H. All electrically illuminated signs shall be constructed to the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
I. Signs must be positioned so that they do not interfere with a clear sight triangle or create a traffic danger.
J. No loud, vulgar, indecent or obscene advertising matter shall be displayed in any manner.
K. No sign shall be erected or located as to prevent free ingress or egress from any window, door or fire escape.
L. No sign shall be permitted which is permanently attached to public utility poles or trees within the right-of-way of any street.
O. In cases where signage is required by a franchiser, the minimum required sign shall be permitted.
P. Any advertising sign on a premise must advertise goods/services which represent a significant portion of the business conducted at the site.
Q. Determination of Size. The size of the sign shall refer to the area of the sign facing, including any border framing or decorative attachments. In the case of open signs made up of letters, figures and designs, the space between the letters, figures and designs shall be included. Where a sign has two or more faces, the area of all faces shall be included in determining the area of the sign, except that where two such faces are placed back to back and at no point more than 3 feet from one another, the area of the sign shall be taken as the area of one face if the two faces are of equal area, or as the area of the larger face if the two faces are of unequal size.
(Ord. 319/1993B, § 700)
In addition to the general sign regulations listed in the preceding Section and specific sign requirements that appear in the supplementary uses section of this Chapter, the following sign regulations shall also apply to the specific case and maintenance standards listed below. In the event there is conflict between the provisions of this section and the particular supplementary use categories in Part 5, the supplementary use requirement shall apply.
A. Real estate sale-sold-rent-development signs when placed on the property to be sold, rented or developed.
(1) These signs shall not exceed 6 square feet in area for each 100 feet of frontage, and provided further that no sign shall exceed 24 square feet in area.
(2) All such signs shall be removed within 5 days after final transactions are completed.
B. Open House Signs.
(1) These signs shall not exceed 6 square feet in area, and no more than one such sign shall be permitted per open house.
(2) No such sign may be erected earlier than 7 days prior to the open house, and must be removed no later than 1 day after the conduct of the open house.
(3) Open house signs need not be located on the premises of the open house; however, no open house sign shall be located within any street right-ofway.
C. Temporary (Special Event) Signs and Banners.
(1) One such sign may be permitted per lot for 1 period not exceeding 30 days during any calendar year.
(2) Temporary signs shall be limited to a maximum 64 square feet in total sign area.
(3) Special event signs must be removed within 24 hours of the event.
D. Clinton County Fairground Signs.
(1) One sign may be erected on the roadway approach to the Fairgrounds, SR 2008, and may be used on a year-round basis for publicizing fairground related activities conducted at the site.
(2) The sign may be one- or two-sided.
(3) The size of said sign shall not exceed 100 square feet.
(4) The sign may be illuminated by overhead or base mounted incandescent lights.
E. Billboards.
(1) Billboards shall be permitted by special exception within the LI district.
(2) No billboard shall be located within 1,000 feet of another billboard.
(3) All billboards shall be a minimum of 50 feet from all side and rear property lines.
(4) All billboards shall be setback at least 35 feet from any street right-ofway lines.
(5) All billboards shall be setback at least 100 feet from any land within a residential district.
(6) No billboard shall obstruct the view of motorists on adjoining roads, or the view of adjoining commercial or industrial uses, which depend upon visibility for identification.
(7) No billboard shall exceed an overall size of 300 square feet, nor exceed 25 feet in height.
(Ord.3/9/1993B,§ 701)
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