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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 in the application. If the determination is favorable, a permit will be issued; if the determination is unfavorable, the application shall be rejected. Signs requiring a building permit under this section, or any other ordinance or law of the Township, shall not be issued a sign permit until the requirements for a building permit(s) have been met. c. Temporary Signs: Applications and Procedure. Applications for temporary sign permits shall be made by the fee owner or lease holder of the land on which the sign will be located and the application shall be deemed to grant permission to the Township to enter upon the applicant's land and remove the sign if, upon five (5) days notice by ordinary mail that the permit has expired, the applicant has failed to remove same. The application for permit shall be made on Township forms and shall contain the same information required of all permits, except in addition, shall also require a deposit of one ($1.00) dollar per square foot of sign. The deposit shall be held by the Township until the sign is removed, at which time it shall be returned to the applicant. The Township may use the deposit in order to cover the cost of removing the sign should the applicant fail to do so when the permit expires. Use of the deposit will not limit the Township's ability to use other legal means to recover costs above and beyond the deposited amount. d. Fees and Expirations. The fee for permits issued hereunder for new signs shall be twenty-five ($0.25) cents per square foot of surface area of the sign with a minimum of five ($5.00) dollars and a maximum of fifty ($50.00) dollars per sign. The annual renewal fee shall be ten ($10.00) dollars per sign. All permits issued hereunder shall expire in the following year on the last of the month preceding date of its issuance but shall be renewed upon due application and the payment of the renewal fee unless the provisions hereof or other applicable Township ordinances have been or are being violated. Permits may be revoked by the Township Council upon hearing after due notice, for failure to comply continuously with the provisions hereof and all other applicable Township ordinances and regulations.

upon hearing after due notice, for failure to comply continuously with the provisions hereof and all other applicable Township ordinances and regulations. Comment [PG66]: onerous regulations e. Computation of Sizes and Signs. 1. In Residential and other Non-Corporate, Non-Business, and Non-Industrial Zones, the size of any sign for the purposes of determining its compliance with the provisions of this chapter shall be computed by multiplying its greatest height by its greatest length, exclusive of supporting structures, unless such supporting structure is illuminated or is in the form of a symbol or contain advertising copy. 2. In Business, Shopping Center, Industrial, and Corporate Zones, the size of any sign shall be computed by multiplying its greatest height by its greatest length, exclusive of supporting structures, unless such supporting structure is illuminated or is in the form of a symbol or contains advertising copy, but for the purpose of making such determination, the applicant may block off portions of the sign into not more than three (3) rectangles in order to exclude large areas of open space caused by the peculiar design or shape of that symbol, copy or structure. 3. Multiple-side signs carrying the same message on all sides shall be considered to be a size equivalent to the sum of all the sides/signs, except that a two-sided sign with identical information on both sides of the sign shall only have one side included in the calculation of sign area. (Ord. No. 904-88 § 25-5.9E; Ord. No. 940-88) 25-15.6 Nonconforming Signs. a. It is the intent of this chapter that, as expeditiously as possible, all existing signs not conforming to the provisions of this chapter be eliminated or brought to conform with this chapter. 80