Palmer Meeting on Digital Billboard Rescheduled

A proposed digital billboard in Palmer Township that would exceed township size limits and would encroach on a residential neighborhood is still on the municipality's radar screen -- but not tonight.

The township zoners have postponed a special meeting on the proposed 1,000-square-foot billboard until 7:30pm Nov. 1 in the library meeting room of the , 1 Weller Place.

The meeting was delayed so township officials can further review the relevant ordinance, according to township Zoning Administrator James Raudenbush.

, supervisors discussed what to do with digital signs and advertisement billboards that are increasingly becoming a visible part of the community’s landscape.

At that time, supervisors directed the township Planning Commission to review and recommend changes and restrictions on where the billboards can be placed.

The billboard in question would be on the northwest corner of Charlotte Avenue and Watson Street on the south side of Route 22. The billboard, if approved, would stand higher than the 10-foot-tall and 50-foot-wide restrictions in the municipal code.

Pennsylvania Venture Capital Inc. is seeking, among other things, to have the billboard closer than the allowable 300 square feet from a residential lot line.