Lower Paxton, PA Sign Regulations: Window Signs (2026)

Section 203-1008(H) of the Lower Paxton Township zoning chapter treats a window sign as a building sign whenever it is designed so it can be legibly viewed from adjacent property or a public street right-of-way. The area of those window signs is included in the total window sign area permitted on the property, and no more than 30% of the area of a window can be covered with window signs classified as building signs. Incidental and regulatory signs are exempt from the requirement, so a small Open or No Parking sign does not eat into the 30%. Incidental signs are limited to two faces per sign, with four square feet per face in residential districts and six square feet per face in all other districts. Regulatory signs carry the same two-face and area limits, except where state or federal law or a judicial order mandates a larger size.

Because window signs are building signs, the building sign standards apply to them as well. Section 203-1008(E) says building signs cannot project horizontally beyond or vertically above the face of the building, and panels, cabinets and individual copy elements cannot extend perpendicular from the building face more than 15 inches. The Sign Table by zoning district caps building signs for permitted nonresidential uses in nonresidential districts at 1.5 square feet per linear foot of building wall, combined across four walls, and caps building signs for nonresidential uses in residential districts at 40 square feet per face, one per building.

A zoning permit is required before any sign is placed under § 203-1003(A), and the § 203-1007 exemption list has no entry for window signs. Temporary commercial signs are on-premises signs only, and the Temporary Sign Table limits temporary commercial building signs to 30 days per single event and a maximum of 60 days in any one calendar year. Home occupations are excluded from using temporary commercial signs. A zoning permit is also required before any temporary sign is displayed, except opinion, election campaign, real estate and on-premises residential sale signs.