Millcreek, PA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 145-83A is the residential sign rule for a lot with a single or two-Family Dwelling. Nonilluminated, permanent, stationary on-premises Signs are permitted provided that total square footage of signage per Lot does not exceed five square feet, the height of any signage does not exceed seven feet if it is a Freestanding Sign, and all such Signs observe at least a ten-foot Setback from the Street Right-of-Way line. The cap is per Lot, not per business, so a home office sign and any other permanent sign on the property share the same five square feet. Area includes perimeter framework or trim under § 145-78B(1).

The Home Occupation use itself is defined as an Accessory Use of a service character customarily conducted within a Dwelling by the residents. The definition names professional offices with not more than one paid assistant, individual music instruction and skilled services such as dressmaker or seamstress, and states that retail sales establishments or businesses of any kind not listed shall not qualify. Section 145-57 then limits traffic, requires on-Lot parking if parking exceeds one hour, and, where the Use is a Permitted Use or a Special Exception, bars any display of merchandise available for sale on the Premises. None of the three subsections addresses Signs, which is why § 145-83 controls.

Section 145-83E prohibits animated or moving, portable, projecting and Roof Signs, Vehicular Signs and Off-Premises Signs, so a sandwich board or a vehicle wrapped in business lettering is not an available workaround. Section 145-79A requires a Sign Permit for any Sign not exempted by § 145-80, and the fee is set by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. Section 145-80B exempts an address Sign not exceeding two square feet, one per occupancy, and § 145-80J exempts a Temporary Sign of five square feet or less that meets § 145-82.