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Harris Township adopts new sign rules after debate over enforcement and political signs
Summary
The Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 365 to rewrite the township's sign rules, a revision prompted by court decisions on content-based regulation; board members pressed staff on enforcement, contractor signs, and campaign sign limits before passing the ordinance by voice vote.
Harris Township's Board of Supervisors voted June 10 to adopt Ordinance No. 365, a rewrite of chapter 12, article 14 of the township code that updates sign regulations after recent court rulings about content-based restrictions.
Staff said the revision aims to remove potentially unconstitutional language and modernize sign rules that had not been substantially changed in decades. The planning commission and the township solicitor worked on the draft, and the Center Region Planning Commission…
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