Franklin Township, PA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Section 27-2005, Sign Calculations, is the part of the zoning chapter's Signs Part that fixes how every category of sign is measured, and Subsection 3 addresses windows specifically: unless a district's own regulations restrict window signage further, window signs cannot cover more than 15% of the total glass area of the building front, and that percentage is meant to capture 'all incidental signage,' meaning a business cannot post one large sign under the cap and then add several smaller incidental notices, such as hours-of-operation or credit-card decals, that push the combined coverage over 15%.

The Zoning Officer measures the cap against the glass area of the building's front, not the entire storefront wall, so a shop with large display windows has more raw square footage of allowable signage than one with a mostly solid facade, even though both operate under the same 15% ceiling. Because § 27-2005 sits alongside § 27-2006, Signs in Agricultural and Residential Districts, and the district-specific standards in Parts 4 through 14, a business in the Commercial or Village district should confirm whether its particular district regulations impose a tighter window-sign limit than the Township-wide 15% baseline before ordering window graphics.