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Supervisors keep sign‑rights‑of‑way prohibition after solicitor cites Gilbert ruling
Summary
Township staff relayed solicitor advice that exempting campaign signs in rights‑of‑way would be content‑based and conflict with the Supreme Court's Gilbert decision; the board voted to forward the draft sign ordinance (prohibiting signs in rights‑of‑way) to the Center Region Planning Commission for review and advertisement.
Township staff told the board the township solicitor advised against creating an exception for election or campaign signs within street rights‑of‑way because doing so would require the township to evaluate a sign’s message and would likely fail the legal test established by the Gilbert decision. As staff summarized, the solicitor’s view is that the exemption…
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