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Home My WebLink About12-4889KEGERREIS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, LLC Plaintiff V. THE BOROUGH OF CAMP HILL Defendant COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Civil Actibn No. ait NOTICE YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within (twenty (20) days after this Complaint and Notice are served, by entering a written a pearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the Court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court witho t further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint or for any other claim or relief Jequested by the Plaintiff. You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER, GO TO OR TELEPHON] El THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH FORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Cumberland County Bar Association 32 S. Bedford Street mto -b- C Carlisle, PA 17013 C„r- 800-990-9108 r-' 717-249-3166 > C A V I S 0 USTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO/A EN CORTI demandas que se presentan mas adelante en las siguientes de los pr6ximos veinte (20) dias despues de la notificaci6i radicando personalmente o por medio de un abogado una en la Corte por escrito sus defensas de, y objecciones a, la contra suya. Se le advierte de que si usted falla de tomar anteriormente, el caso puede proceder sin usted y un fallo reclamada en la demanda o cualquier otra reclamaci6n o r Si usted desea defenderse de las iaginas, debe tomar acci6n dentro de esta Demanda y Aviso Dmparecencia escrita y radicando demandas presentadas aqui en ,ci6n como se describe or cualquier suma de dinero nedio solicitado por el ® /b3- > P?a ,ef P-W 9 c:- rn: r M 9 demandante puede ser dictado en contra suya por la Corto sin mas aviso adicional. Usted puede perder dinero o propiedad u otros derechos importantes Para usted. USTED DEBE LLEVAR ESTE DOCUMENTO A SU ABOGADO INMEDIATAMENTE. $I USTED NO TIENE UN AB GADO, LLAME 0 VAYA A LA SIGUIENTE OFICINA. ESTA OFICINA PUEDE PROYEERLE INFORMACION A CERCA DE COMO CONSEGUIR UN ABOGADO. SI USTED NO PUEDE PAGAR POR LOS SER ICIOS DE UN ABOGADO, ES POSIBLE QUE ESTA OFICINA LE PUEDA PROVES INFORMACION SOBRE AGENCIAS QUE OFREZCAN SERVICIOS LEGALE SIN CARGO 0 BAJO COSTO A PERSONAS QUE CUALIFICAN. Cumberland County Bar Association 32 S. Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 17013 800-990-9108 717-249-3166 MCNEES W? LLACE & NURICK LLC Helen L. Gemmill, Pa. ID No. 60661 Jame M. Strong, Pa. ID No. 81093 100 Pine Street PO ox 1166 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166 717-232-8000 Attorneys fo Plaintiff Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, LLC Dated: August 6, 2012 2 Helen L. Gemmill (ID No. 60661) James M. Strong (ID No. 81093) MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC 100 Pine Street P.O. Box 1166 Harrisburg, PA 17108 (717) 232-8000 KEGERREIS OUTDOOR COURT F COMMON PLEAS ADVERTISING, LLC OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Plaintiff PENNSY VANIA V. THE BOROUGH OF CAMP HILL Civil Action No. Defendant COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATOIJY JUDGMENT Plaintiff Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, LLC, by and through its attorneys McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, states as follows for its Complaint for Declaratory Judgment against Defendant the Borough of Camp Hill: The Parties 1. Plaintiff Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, LLC ("Kegerreis") is a Pennsylvania limited liability company with offices located at 1310 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17202. 2. Defendant the Borough of Camp Hill (the ',FBorough") is a body politic and corporate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania located at 2145 Walnut Street, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011. Factual Background 3. On February 17, 2009, Kegerreis submitted to the Borough an application for a sign permit for the construction of an off-premises electronic billboard sign to be located at 1 Bishop Place, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (the "Bishop Place Application"). 4. On June 29, 2009, Kegerreis submitted to 'the Borough an application for a sign permit for the construction of an off-premises electronic billboard sign to be located at 811 Spangler Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (the "Spangler Road Application"). 5. The Bishop Place Application and the Spangler Road Application each described the sign to be constructed at the respective locations as a steel, single pole structure containing two LED advertising panels, with each panel laving a panel face of 200 square feet. 6. In response to the Bishop Place Application, the Borough issued Sign Permit No. 3-2009 for the erection of the requested LED billboa?d sign at 1 Bishop Place, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (the "Bishop Place Sign"). 7. In response to the Spangler Road Application, the Borough issued Sign Permit No. 12-2009 for the erection of the requested LED billboard sign at 811 Spangler Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania (the "Spangler Road Sign"). 8. After the receipt of the sign permits, Kege?reis timely began construction of the Bishop Place Sign and the Spangler Road Sign (collectively, the "Signs"). 9. The Bishop Place Sign has been completely constructed. 10. The Spangler Road Sign is completely constructed except for one of the two LED panel faces that is not yet installed. 11. On March 9, 2011, the Borough amended the Camp Hill Borough Ordinance by amending Chapter 200, Article VII, Sections 200-43, 200-45 and 200-53 (Measurement and Major Types of Signs) and Section 200-54 (Off-Premises Signs) (the "Ordinance Amendments"). 2 12. The Ordinance Amendments are unduly restrictive, particularly as to the permitted hours that the Signs may be turned on ("Signs shall be turned off between one half hour past sundown and one half hour before sunrise"). 13. As a result of the Ordinance Amendments the Borough has taken the position that the Signs are nonconforming signs under the Borough Ordinance. 14. A dispute has arisen between Kegerreis and the Borough as to whether Kegerreis is required to comply with the Ordinance Amendments with respect to the Signs. COUNT ONE DECLARATORY JUDGMENT AS TO APPLICABILITY OF ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS 15. Paragraphs 1 through 14 above are hereby 'incorporated by reference as though fully set forth at length herein. 16. Section 7532 of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 7532, gives the court the "power to declare rights, status and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed." 17. Pursuant to Section 7533 of the Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 7533, any person whose rights are affected by a statute or municipal ordinance may bring a declaratory judgment action to have determined any question of construction or validity arising thereunder. M Kegerreis's rights are affected by the Borough's application of the Ordinance Amendments to the Signs. 19. The issues in this case are ripe for judicial determination because an actual case and controversy exists. 3 WHEREFORE, Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, LLC requests that this Court declare that the Ordinance Amendments enacted by the Borough' after the issuance by the Borough Sign Permits to Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, LLC have no applicability to the Signs and cannot be enforced by the Borough as to the Signs. MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC By: Heleln L. Gemmill, Pa. ID No. 60661 James M. Strong, Pa. ID No. 81093 100 Pine Street PO Box 1166 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1166 717-232-8000 Attorneys for Plaintiff Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising, LLC Dated: August 6, 2012 4 VERIFICATION Subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S. §4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities, .l hereby certify that I am authorized to make this verification on behalf of Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising;, LLC:, that 1 have reviewed the foregoing and that the facts set forth therein are true and correct to the best', of my knowledge, information and belief KEGERRE By Printed Nome J„. Title _ ?. c fr le(., Dated: August , 2012 KEGERREIS OUTDOOR :COURT OF COMMON FLEAS ADVERTISING, LLC OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Plaintiff :PENNSYLVANIA v. ~ -° ~~ THE BOROUGH OF CAMP HILL :Civil Action No. 12-4889 ~r~'.- Defendant -•c <~ ~~ x~ -s +Fy ACCEPTANCE 4F SERVICE I accept service of the Complaint for peclaratory Judgment on behalf of Defendant Borough of Camp Hill and certify that I am authorized to do so. -~~ Date .Stephen Fervour, Esquire Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP 200 North Third St., 18~' Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 _~ x -. :~-~ r=- --~; ,... ~. ,~ , ~ c~a ~` ~~- Attorneys for the Borough of Camp Hill