No political or election sign shall be posted, placed or erected in the Borough of White Oak unless a license to do so is first obtained from the Borough in accordance with the following provisions of this section:
(a) The Borough Code Enforcement Officer may grant to any person who shall apply therefor in writing a license to engage in the posting or placement of political or election signs which license shall expire at the end of the election for which the same were posted or placed.
(b) Every person to whom a license may be granted to post or place political signs shall pay to the Borough for the use of the Borough, upon the receipt of the license, the sum of seventy-five dollar ($75.00) deposit, which deposit shall be returnable two weeks following the election, provided all the signs are removed to which the license applies. Failure to remove such signs as posted or placed shall result in a forfeiture of the aforesaid deposit. No signs shall be erected sooner than thirty days prior to any election.
(1) For local Borough candidates, said fee shall be paid and sign removal shall be by the candidate’s political party committee (e.g.) the White Oak Borough Democratic or Republican Committee).
(2) For non-local candidates the candidate shall be responsible for the payment of the fee and sign removal.
(Ord. 3173. Passed 5-22-00.)
(Ord. 3173. Passed 5-22-00.)
(c) From and after the passage of this section no person shall post or place any political or election signs whatsoever, whether printed matter, painting or any thing of any kind or nature whatsoever, upon any fire alarm, telegraph, telephone or electric light pole or on any public property or building within the limits of the Borough. No political or election signs shall be posted or placed on any private property without first having obtained the consent of the owner so to do.
(d) Any person now exhibiting political or election signs in violation of this section, shall remove the same within ten days notice so to do, or same will be removed by the Borough.
(e) The word “person” in this section shall mean any person, firm, partnership, committee, association or corporation.
(Ord. 3132. Passed 9-20-99; Ord. 3173. Passed 5-22-00.)