[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Greensburg as indicated in chapter histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Advertising materials — See Ch. 86.
Poles and wires — See Ch. 202.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 232.
Zoning — See Ch. 265.
[Adopted 9-11-2000 by Ord. No. 1806]
Signs shall be prohibited on utility and/or traffic poles in consideration of the public safety and concerns and to preserve the order and cleanliness of the city.
No person, firm, corporation or association shall nail, tack, glue, hang or otherwise have affixed or locate, or be the subject and/or beneficiary of any signs, posters, banners, bumper stickers or otherwise, on utility and/or traffic poles in the city. Only notices placed by the utility companies; the City of Greensburg or notices for community/neighborhood events within the City of Greensburg limits shall be lawfully affixed per the Pennsylvania Crimes Code[1] and other applicable ordinances.
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Editor's Note: See 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 101 et seq.
No sign, poster, banner or bumper sticker shall be posted longer than 15 days unless it is of an official notice. It shall be the responsibility of the utility company, city or persons responsible for the community/neighborhood event who affixed or placed any signs, posters, banners or bumper stickers to remove all parts of the notice including the method used to secure to the pole(s).
Any person, firm, corporation or association who had affixed or located any sign, posters, banners or bumper stickers on utility and/or traffic poles in violation of any provision of this article shall remove the same within a period of 24 hours of being notified by the city, to remove the aforesaid from the pole, provided that the city can reasonably ascertain the owner of the sign, poster, banner or bumper sticker. If removal is required by the city, the cost of removal of the same by the city may be billed and assessed to the person, firm, corporation or association who affixed to said sign, poster, banner or bumper sticker.
Any person, firm, employee, corporation or association, who shall violate or shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of this article, shall be fined $50 per day for each violation.