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Camp Hill residents are now able to post more than two political yard signs ahead of the election without risk of being fined, after an agreement Thursday between a GOP political group and the borough. The Borough agreed not to enforce its sign ordinance instead of fighting a restraining order and requested injunction against the ordinance that had been filed by Marc Scaringi, a lawyer who is challenging the constitutionality of the ordinance. The ordinance, in place since last year, restricted residents to a maximum of two signs on their front lawn and those signs could only be posted 60...

It’s a sign of election season. A Republican group in Camp Hill is suing the Borough to overturn an ordinance that prohibits residents from placing more than two political signs on their property. The Camp Hill Borough Republican Association calls the ordinance—and the $1,000 fine for placing more than two temporary political signs—unconstitutional, and is asking a federal judge to lift the restriction less than two weeks before election day. The ordinance in question aims to regulate how, when and where signs are placed, according to the borough’s stated purpose and intent, the lawsuit wrote. It does not seek to...