Bristol Township, PA Sign Regulations: Freeway-Facing Signs (2026)

Bristol Township's zoning chapter gives signs along the Interstate 95 and PA Turnpike corridors their own rule, repeated in § 205-165 A(5) for the C and CS Districts and in § 205-167 A(5) for the M-1, M-2 and P-I Districts. A freestanding sign along either road is limited to one square foot of area for each four feet of street frontage or 60 square feet, whichever is smaller, and to a maximum height of 25 feet. The ordinary freestanding sign in those districts uses the same area formula but stops at 12 feet, so the corridor provision raises the height limit and leaves the area formula alone.

Billboards, a conditional use in the same districts, face separate yard setbacks. Under § 205-165 A(6)(e), billboards must meet these setbacks on top of the district's own area and dimensional requirements, and where requirements differ the greater one applies. No billboard or part of one can be erected or maintained within 100 feet of any interstate highway, within 50 feet of the future right-of-way of a public street, or within 50 feet of any side or rear property line. The interstate setback text says any interstate highway and does not name the Turnpike. A billboard must also stay 1,000 feet from any other billboard on the same side of the road, 500 feet from any residential use and 24 feet from any building, with an area of no more than 200 square feet and a height of no more than 20 feet. Under § 205-159 D, no off-premises sign can be located nearer than 100 feet from a residential district.

Every sign facing the highway must also meet § 205-159, which bars any sign that interferes with traffic through glare or through confusion with a traffic control device, and § 205-169, which requires a building permit for any sign greater than two square feet, plans sealed by a structural engineer for a sign over 100 square feet, and renewal of the sign permit each year on or before January 15.