Haverford, PA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 182-701C(1)(a) governs permanent signs identifying a professional, home occupation or accessory use to a dwelling in the R-1, R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-6, R-7, R-8, R-9, INS and ROS Zoning Districts. The maximum size per street frontage is 108 square inches. Three types are permitted: wall signs, freestanding signs the bottom of which is less than four feet in height from grade, and projecting signs. Not more than one such sign can be erected on or adjacent to each street frontage of the property to which it relates.

The home occupation clause in § 182-202B(2)(d)[6] adds that there shall be no display of products, storage of goods or materials, or window or other sign visible from outside the building, except for a name or accessory use sign or a professional office sign allowed by the sign regulations. That clause points to § 182-701D, but the size and type limits for a sign identifying a home occupation are the ones printed in § 182-701C(1)(a). A home day-care use is stricter: § 182-202B(3)(f)[4] allows no window or other signs at the site.

Under § 182-701B(1), no sign other than exempted signs can be erected without first obtaining a sign permit from the Zoning Officer, and the application must include a plan drawn to scale showing the sign, its size and its location with respect to the building. Signs must be kept in a proper state of repair. If the Zoning Officer finds a sign dilapidated, the owner gets written notice to correct it within 30 days or appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board in the same period, and after 30 days the Zoning Officer can cause removal at the owner's expense. Signs cannot stand within or over a public right-of-way (§ 182-701B(3)) or be placed on a tree or public utility pole (§ 182-701B(10)).