Signs shall be properly maintained so as to present a legible appearance. All signs shall be maintained in good repair. All inoperative, broken, excessively weathered or faded signs shall be repaired or removed.

All temporary signs shall be removed at the expiration of the event or sale for which they were erected.

This section shall apply retroactively to all existing signs and any new signs.

All districts.

B-1 and B-2 Districts. Pole signs are not permitted. Only ground signs and/or monument signs which do not exceed seven feet in total height above finished grade are permitted as freestanding signs in these districts, and as may be otherwise regulated herein.

Properly authorized and/or approved street name signs, traffic-control-related signage, etc., within any public or approved private street right-of-way, including, but not limited to, "stop" signs, "yield" signs, signs regulating on-street parking, etc.

All signage for any approved recreational use which is open to the general public without charge, subject to review and approval by the Borough.

A building permit and a sign permit shall be required for each temporary development sign.

A performance bond equal to $100 per sign shall be required.

Any such sign shall not be erected unless an application for a sign permit is applied for and approved by the Zoning Officer. Any such sign shall be removed within two years after receipt of a permit or when all of the original lots have been sold, whichever is sooner; at which time, the performance bond will be returned.

Failure to remove the sign within the stated time period shall result in the immediate forfeiture of the bond and the removal and disposal of the sign by the Borough. Any such failure shall constitute a violation of this article.

Any such sign may not be illuminated.

Not more than one approved development sign may be permitted at each major entrance or point of vehicular ingress/egress to and/or from a development.

A building permit and a sign permit shall be required for each permanent development sign.

Letters not exceeding 18 inches in height may be affixed to or engraved on an ornamental structure, giving the name of the real estate development or subdivision and serving as a permanent indication of the entrance(s) to such development.

Any such sign shall not include identification of the owner, developer, builder or realtor.

Any such sign shall not exceed 25 square feet in total surface area per each sign face.

Any such sign shall have not more than two sign faces.

Any such sign shall not exceed a cumulative (combined) gross surface area of 50 square feet.

Any such sign shall be no more than 10 feet in height above the finished grade.

Any such sign shall be situated not closer than 10 feet from any public/private property or right-of-way line.

Any such sign may be directly or indirectly illuminated by a small white light which is not intermittent, does not flash and does not generate glare, but instead shines directly within or onto the sign with enough light to permit the sign to be read from the nearest roadway at night.

A building permit and a sign permit is required for each sign in a commercial, industrial or mixed-use district.

A single building permit and single sign permit shall be required for each banner location not part of a banner cluster, although the banner located there may be changed as permitted herein. A single building banner permit and a single sign permit shall be required for each banner cluster, although the banners which are part of the banner cluster may be changed as permitted herein.

Each individual detached building in any commercial or general service (industrial) district may be permitted one freestanding sign and shall be permitted any number of flush-mounted signs, in accordance with the requirements of Subsections C and D of this section.

In any shopping center in the RDD, individual businesses situated within the principal structure shall only be permitted any combination of flush-mounted exterior or interior (in a mall) signs.

In any shopping center in the RDD, individual businesses situated elsewhere upon the same lot within a separate principal structure may be permitted one freestanding monument-type sign and any number of flush-mounted signs.

In any shopping center in the RDD that is comprised of 10 or more business establishments (including businesses located in the Boroughs of Homestead and West Homestead), the shopping center, not each individual business, may be permitted one additional freestanding sign at each approved principal entrance to the shopping center site, identifying the group of businesses as a single unit. Any such development sign shall be limited to either a monument sign with an overall height not greater than 15 feet above the finished grade or a pylon sign with an overall height not greater than 60 feet above finished grade. In addition, any such development sign shall have an area not greater than 250 square feet of sign area per side and shall be situated on site. Any such sign, shall be limited to the name and address of the development and/or a complete or partial listing of its tenants.

Banners may only be located on streetlights within or adjacent to a public right-of-way within the RDD. No more than two banners may be located on a single streetlight.

Banner clusters may only be located along Waterfront Drive in the RDD. No more than one banner cluster may be located along Waterfront Drive at one time.

In the RDD, one monument sign of no more than 50 square feet shall be permitted for each building of less than 100,000 square feet containing commercial, warehouse, office and/or flex office use(s) and either two monument signs of no more 50 square feet or one monument sign of no more than 100 square feet shall be permitted for each building of 100,000 square feet or larger containing commercial, warehouse, office and/or flex office use(s). Multiple buildings whose combined GFA totals at least 100,000 square feet and which share a common curb cut are permitted to use a single monument sign of no more than 100 square feet. Signs mounted on a building shall be permitted as provided in Subsection B(3) and (4) herein.

Commercial district. The total gross surface area in square feet for all permitted signage shall not exceed a ratio of one time the lineal feet of the lot's frontage on a dedicated public or approved private street right-of-way.*

Industrial district. The total gross surface area in square feet for all permitted signage shall not exceed a ratio of two times the lineal feet of the lot's frontage on a dedicated public or approved private street right-of-way.*

Riverfront Development District (RDD).

All portions of business signs shall be a minimum of five feet from any dedicated public right-of-way unless flush-mounted.

All parts of any sign other than a development sign or a banner shall be within 15 feet of the general ground level over which it is located, unless flush-mounted.

A sign shall be placed so as not to interfere with the safe, regular and orderly flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

Flush-mounted signs shall be permitted on all sides of a building, provided they are in conformance with the area requirements and other provisions of this chapter.

Freestanding signs shall be permitted in any yard area, provided they are in conformance with the performance standards of this article and other applicable provisions of this chapter.

Identification signs in the RDD shall be no closer than 10 square feet to any property line or public right-of-way.

No sign may generate glare.

Flashing and/or intermittent signs are prohibited.

The lighting source for indirectly illuminated signs may not be visible from any public right-of-way.

Indirectly illuminated signs, neon signs and internally illuminated signs are permitted.

Electronic time/temperature and/or message board signs are permitted, subject to the other regulations of this article.

Not more than two price signs may be attached to the permitted freestanding sign. The area of these signs shall be included in the total permitted signage surface area. The total surface area of all freestanding signs shall not exceed 50 square feet.

Additional signs are permitted on and above gasoline pump islands, provided they do not extend beyond the edge of the island and are within 15 feet of the ground. The total surface area of all permitted freestanding and pump island signs shall not exceed 200 square feet.

State inspection shingles, where applicable, shall not exceed 24 inches by 26 inches in dimension and may be flush-mounted on the structure.

Number. Only one sign shall be permitted for each use.

Size. The maximum depth of the sign shall be one foot, and the maximum area of the sign shall be five square feet in surface area.

Number. Only one such sign shall be permitted for each business and may be located in a required front yard.

Size. Any such sign shall not exceed 10 square feet in total surface area and shall, unless affixed to the face of the building, not be closer than five feet to any private property line or public right-of-way.

Real estate "for sale" or "for rent" signs in any commercial, mixed-use or general service (industrial) district shall not exceed five feet in height unless approved by Council.