[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Muhlenberg 9-15-1980 by Ord. No. 158 (Ch. 106 of the 1982 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Decals, posters, flyers, cards and other printed material
published or printed by or on behalf of candidates, committees, political
parties or committees for political parties for the election of candidates
to political office or for the furtherance of the candidacy of a candidate
or slate of candidates for political office or for any issue to be
voted on by the electorate as certified by the County Board of Elections.
No person shall affix political campaign matter
to any private or public real or personal property, including but
not limited to utility poles, traffic standards, parking meters, exteriors
of walls and store windows, billboards and other surfaces, without
first having secured the consent of the person or persons owning,
leasing or in control or custody of the property upon which the said
political campaign matter is placed, except that, in the case of utility
poles, the public utility shall not have the right to give such consent
without prior approval of the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Muhlenberg.
Each candidate, political committee or political
party shall cause to be removed within 10 days after the date of any
election any political campaign matter which has been caused to be
placed upon private or public real or personal property in the Township
of Muhlenberg.
[Amended 11-7-1988 by Ord. No. 250]
Any person or other entity violating any of
the provisions of this chapter, upon conviction before a Magisterial
District Judge, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than
$60 nor more than $600 and be imprisoned for a period not in excess
of 90 days or, in default of payment of fine, be imprisoned for a
period not in excess of 90 days, together with costs of prosecution.
