Political campaign signs in the City of Pittsburgh must be removed from PUBLIC areas (like public right-of-ways) 30 days after the election. What people put on their own private property can only be limited by ordinances that guide place, time, or manner of the sign (like sign size, if it's lit up, etc.). In general, government ordinances can NOT make people take down signs on their own private property (and the state cannot remove signs from private property) based on the content of the signs. Ordinances must be applied to all signs in the same way, regardless of what the signs say. If a sign on your private property has been removed by the government because it's a campaign sign and the election was more than 30 days ago or some other time limitation, please contact the ACLU to make them aware of the situation (412-681-7736)! On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Robert Tamburo <robert.tamburo@gmail.com>wrote:
Political campaign signs are supposed to be removed 30 days after the election (Pittsburgh Code 919.03.F.1 **). Perhaps the state removed your sign. Although, I believe the standard protocol is to leave a notice rather than remove your property. ** http://library4.municode.com:80/default-test/template.htm?view=browse&doc_action=setdoc&doc_keytype=tocid&doc_key=728c87f0d40c9b5e998ba630599f9ffb&infobase=13525