Yard Signs Down So Soon?
Election day is over. But what about those signs that we have all put in our yards to support candidates? If your yard was sporting an Obama sign, or another sign of a winning candidate you may be tempted to leave it there to celebrate. However, Elizabethtown Borough requires its residents to take their yard signs down five days after the election.
Roni Ryan the Assistant Borough Manager explains that Elizabethtown residents may put as many signs as they desire in their yard. Some restrictions regarding the signs are that they may not exceed six square feet wide or no more than five feet high. This regulation of the borough is part of the zoning ordinance . If any signs are left up after the five day limit the Elizabethtown Borough can ask you to take them down.
Lorinda Holmes a resident of the Elizabethtown Borough commented that ” after tomorrow it doesn’t really matter if they are up or not.” About the signs coming down soon, “I wasn’t aware that they wanted them down,” Holmes said. She also mentioned that her McCain/Palin sign had been stolen and she had to replace it.
Another resident who wished to be kept annoymous remarked that, “I’ll keep my sign up as long as I want. It’s not like they can arrest me.” The resident said “It’s not hurting anyone if I keep it out there.”
Reported by: Keira P. Feagley, Elizabethtown College Junior
