Some Westmont Borough residents are voicing frustrations after officials began publicly posting to Facebook the addresses of homes they say violate local sign ordinances.

The Westmont Borough Facebook is a page where residents can connect with their neighbors and get involved with their community.

Recently the Facebook page started posting violations residents have made in the eyes of borough officials for the signs found on their property.

Westmont Borough Zoning Officer Mark Walker shared, “well we have regulations in the borough, its part of the zoning ordinance that regulates signage throughout the borough. Residential zones as well as any zone in the borough.”

“We are able to restrict and regulate land uses throughout the borough, signage is part of that,” Walker said.

According to Walker, signs no matter what they are for are only allowed to be up for thirty days.

“We restrict all temporary signs to thirty days. In the residential zones they are limited to a maximum of nine square feet. And whether it's a save the whales sign or watch for motorcycle sign they're not restricted as to when they can be put up, but they are still limited to that thirty day period," Walker said.

Walker says the most recent controversy seems to be over the question of political signs which he says are only allowed to be put up thirty days before an election per an ordinance put into place in the early 2000's.

As for borough officials publicly posting to Facebook the addresses of ordinance violators, Walker says the decision to do so was made recently, but the posts have since been taken down.

“Well Westmont actually at Tuesday's council meeting they approved posting violations online. They didn’t want to look at it like a wall of shame, but they wanted to identify the folks, the properties basically who were in violation of whatever. The intent was mostly for property maintenance and blight," Walker said.

WJAC also reached out to the American Civil Liberties Union and asked what authority local municipalities have to regulate political signs but they declined to comment.

Westmont borough officials told WJAC more about the sign ordinance will be discussed at the next council meeting.