Mount Union City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
Signs
§ 330-49 Permitted permanent signs.
A.
Subject to the other provisions of this section, only the following types of permanent signs are permitted throughout the Borough:
(1)
P-1: all signs and signals owned or operated by the Borough.
(2)
P-2: identification signs for public and for semipublic facilities, such as schools, churches, hospitals, libraries, clubs and public utilities.
(3)
P-3: nameplates identifying the owner or resident of a private property, excluding mailboxes.
(4)
P-4: memorial or historical markers or tablets.
(5)
P-5: signs indicating the private nature of a road, driveway, or other premises and signs controlling the use of private property, such as the prohibition of hunting or fishing.
(6)
P-6: on-site directional signs.
(7)
P-7: business signs.
(8)
P-8: home occupation signs.
B.
Performance and location standards for permanent signs. The following table outlines the standards to which each of the permitted permanent sign types must conform.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included at the end of this chapter.
C.
Off-site directional signs are a conditional use.
§ 330-50 Permitted temporary signs.
A.
Subject to other provisions of this section, only the following types of temporary signs are permitted throughout the Borough:
(1)
T-1: signs identifying architects, engineers, contractors, tradesmen or others engaged in construction work on the premises wherein their work is proceeding. Such signs shall be removed as soon as the work ceases or is completed.
(2)
T-2: real estate signs on individual properties that are for sale, rent, or lease or which have been sold, rented or leased. The former type shall be permitted for as long as the property remains for sale or rent, but the latter type shall be removed within a week of the date of the sale or rental agreement.
(3)
T-3: real estate signs similar to those described in Subsection A(2) but located in housing developments or large acreages which include more than one house lot. Such signs shall be removed when 90% of the properties have been developed. Signs announcing proposed commercial or industrial development of the site may be erected for a minimum of one year.
(4)
T-4: signs advertising the temporary sale of products, when such sale is conducted in accordance with all the provisions of Borough ordinances. Such signs shall be displayed only when the products are on sale.
(5)
T-5: temporary directional signs for a period not exceeding one week.
B.
Performance and location standards for temporary signs. The following table outlines the standards to which each of the permitted temporary sign types must conform.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said table is included at the end of this chapter.
§ 330-51 Prohibited signs.
The following signs shall not be permitted in the Borough:
A.
Signs of such a design and location that they interfere with, compete for attention with or may be mistaken for a traffic signal. This shall include any sign visible from the public right-of-way which uses an arrow device or the word "stop." It shall also include signs in which the colors red and green are used either in direct illumination or in high reflection by the use of special preparation such as fluorescent paint or glass.
B.
Any sign located in or extending into a public cartway, except those owned or operated by a duly constituted government.
C.
Any freestanding sign within an area bounded by the intersection of two rights-of-way and points 20 feet from such intersection along the rights-of-way, except directional signs less than three feet in height.
D.
Freestanding signs over a public sidewalk area.
E.
Flashing or oscillating signs.
G.
Signs erected upon or attached to the roof of any building.
§ 330-52 General regulations for all signs.
A.
Signs must be constructed of durable material, maintained in good condition and not allowed to become dilapidated.
B.
Overhead signs shall be at least nine feet high, measured from the ground or pavement to the bottommost part of the sign.
C.
Advertising painted upon, or displayed upon, a barn or other building or structure shall be regarded as an advertising signboard, and the regulations pertaining thereto shall apply.
D.
Each sign shall be removed when the circumstances leading to its erection no longer apply.
E.
In all districts, only those signs referring directly to materials, products, services performed, made, sold or displayed on the premises shall be permitted.
F.
Permits shall be required for the erection, alteration or maintenance of the following sign types: P-2, P-7, P-8, T-1, and T-3.
G.
Signs may be interior lighted with nonglaring lights or may be illuminated by shielded floodlights or spotlights shielded so there is no direct light transmitted to other properties or public rights-of-way.
H.
Traffic signs shall be of an approved design.