2833
HOWARD COUNTY

FLOOR, NO WINDOW OR PART OF A WINDOW SHALL BE SITUATED
WITHIN THE AREA, OP SURFACE AREA, AS DEFINED HEREIN,
OF SUCH SIGN, OF. ITS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, NOR SHALL
ANY SUCH SIGN OR PART OF SUCH SIGN OR ITS SUPPORTING
STRUCTURE COVER ANY WINDOW OR PART OF A WINDOW. NO
FLAT WALL SIGN SHALL EXTEND ABOVE THE ROOF LINE. IN
THE CASE OF A MULTI-STORY BUILDING WHICH HAS SCREENING
ENCLOSING ELEVATOR SHAFTS, STAIRS, OR HEATING AND
AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS, A FLAT WALL SIGN MAY BE
PERMITTED WITHIN THE AREA OF THE SCREENING.

B. PROJECTING SIGNS

PROJECTING SIGNS MAY PROJECT OVER PUBLIC
RIGHTS-OF-WAY ONLY WHERE THERE IS NO BUILDING SETBACK,
AND THEN IT MAY PROJECT NO MORE THAN FORTY-TWO (42)
INCHES BEYOND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE. IT MAY BE NO
CLOSER THAN EIGHT (8) FEET TO A CURB LINE WITHOUT
VARIANCE FROM THE BOARD OF APPEALS AND MUST HAVE A
MINIMUM CLEARANCE OF TEN (10) FEET ABOVE THE FINISHED
GRADE OF A SIDEWALK AND EIGHTEEN (18) FEET ABOVE ANY
ROAD, DRIVEWAY OR ALLEY. NO PROJECTING OR SUPPORTING
STRUCTURE SHALL PROJECT MORE THAN FORTY-TWO (42)
INCHES FROM THE WALL OF A BUILDING, NOR BE LESS THAN
TEN (10) FEET FROM THE GROUND LEVEL AT THE BASE OF THE
BUILDING, NOR BE HIGHER THAN TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET
FROM THE GROUND LEVEL TO THE TOP OF THE SIGN ON A
MULTI-STORY BUILDING. ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR NO WINDOW
OR PART OF A WINDOW SHALL BE SITUATED WITHIN THE AREA,
OR SURFACE AREA, AS DEFINED HEREIN, OF SUCH SIGN, OR
ITS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, NOR SHALL ANY SUCH SIGN OR
PART OF SUCH SIGN OR ITS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COVER
ANY WINDOW OR PART OF A WINDOW. FURTHERMORE, NO
PROJECTING SIGN OR SUPPORTING STRUCTURE SHALL BE
LOCATED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO OBSTRUCT THE LIGHT AND
VISION OF A WINDOW. EVERY FACE OF A PROJECTING SIGN
SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS A SEPARATE SIGN FOR THE
PURPOSES OF COMPUTING THE ALLOWABLE AREA, AND THE SUM
OF THE AREAS OF ALL FACES OF A PROJECTING SIGN SHALL
NOT EXCEED TWENTY-FIVE (25) SQUARE FEET. NO
PROJECTING SIGN OR SUPPORTING SIGN OR SUPPORTING
STRUCTURE SHALL EXTEND ABOVE THE ROOF LINE.

C. FREESTANDING SIGNS

WHERE A BUILDING DOES NOT COVER THE FULL AREA OF
THE PROPERTY, BUSINESS SIGNS MAY BE FREESTANDING OR
GROUND SUPPORTED AND MAY BE LOCATED IN THE REQUIRED
FRONT YARD AS PROVIDED BY THE ZONING REGULATIONS. THE
HEIGHT OF THE SIGN MAY NOT EXCEED ONE (1) FOOT FOR