“West Chester Twp. deems (the Statue of Liberty mascot) as a sign, but it’s not a sign,” Kyle Garth said. “I’ve gone through the process to get a variance but they aren’t willing to work with us at all.”
Garth said he’s offered to take any indication the mascot is related to Liberty Tax Service, like a sash or sandwich board, off the costume, but township officials still wouldn’t allow it.
Garth had a hearing with the township’s Board of Zoning Appeals in December, when the ban on the costumed statues was upheld. Garth has taken the case to the Butler County Common Pleas Court and is awaiting a hearing on his case.
Because the matter is an ongoing lawsuit, township officials could not comment on it, said Barb Wilson, spokeswoman for West Chester Twp.
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