[Added 7-9-2013 by Ord. No. 669]
A. 
The provisions of this article are intended to promote and protect public health, welfare and safety by regulating and restricting the location of signs, banners, and other advertising devices, including real estate directional signs, within the public rights-of-way within the Township. The regulations are intended to promote public traffic safety, to protect property values, to create a more attractive economic climate, to eliminate litter, and to enhance the scenic and natural beauty of the Township.
B. 
Permits for signs, banners, or other advertising devices, including real estate directional signs, shall be issued by the Zoning Officer only in accord with this section and all applicable zoning requirements.
C. 
No signs, banners or other advertising devices, including real estate directional signs, shall be placed either on a temporary or permanent basis within the public right-of-way of any state or Township road, within any sight triangle at the intersection of public or private roads, within the sight triangle of any driveway and a public or private road, or in any other location where sight visibility or traffic safety would be adversely impacted.
D. 
Removal. Any signs, banners, or other advertising devices, including real estate directional signs, which are placed in violation of this section may be removed by the Township at any time. The owner may retrieve all signs collected by the Township within 48 hours after which time the signs shall be destroyed.
E. 
The provisions of this section may be enforced by the Township in an action in equity brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. All fines collected by the Township pursuant to this section are in addition to all other remedies provided by this article, and the Township's rights and remedies provided in this article are cumulative and in addition to all other remedies provided by law.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs, for each and every offense. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.