The lighting of new or relighting of existing signs shall require a building permit which may be granted if Schuylkill Township is satisfied that excessive illumination, light pollution, glare and light trespass have been adequately mitigated, and shall be subject to the following requirements:
[1] Externally illuminated signs shall have fixtures mounted at the top of the sign and aimed downward. The fixtures shall be designed, fitted and aimed to shield the source from off-site view and to place the light output onto and not beyond the sign or billboard. At no point on the face of the sign or billboard and at no time shall the illumination exceed 30 vertical footcandles during hours of darkness.
[2] The illumination of billboards, where their use is specifically permitted by the Township, shall not be located within 100 feet of a lot line of a residential use or district.
[3] Billboards shall be extinguished automatically by a programmable controller no later than 11:00 p.m. each evening until 6:00 a.m., except that signs for establishments (not companies) that operate or remain open past 11:00 p.m. may remain on no later than 1/2 hour past the close of the establishment.
[4] Rotating, traveling, pulsing, flashing or oscillating light sources, lasers, beacons, searchlights or strobe lighting shall not be permitted, except as may be provided in
Article XXI: Signs.
[5] Where permitted electronic signs, including those with or containing LED lighting, shall not be allowed to operate between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
