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Session Laws, 1973
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2834

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

EACH [[THREE (3)]] TWO (2) FEET OF SETBACK FROM THE
ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SHALL NOT EXCEED TWENTY-SIX (26)
FEET FROM THE GRADE LEVEL TO THE TOP OF THE SIGN.
FREESTANDING SIGNS SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY WHERE THERE
IS A MINIMUM OF FORTY (40) LINEAL FEET OF LOT
FRONTAGE. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AREA FOR A
FREESTANDING SIGN SHALL BE ONE (1) SQUARE FOOT PER ONE
(1) FOOT OF SETBACK FROM THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, EXCEPT
FOR A FREESTANDING SIGN WITH TWO FACES WHICH ARE NOT
SEPARATED AT ANY POINT BY MORE THAN TWO (2) FEET FROM
ONE ANOTHER, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FREESTANDING SIGN
AREA SHALL BE TWO (2) SQUARE FEET PER ONE (1) FOOT OF
SETBACK FROM THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. EVERY FACE OF A
FREESTANDING SIGN SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS A SEPARATE
SIGN FOR PURPOSES OF COMPUTING ALLOWABLE AREA UNDER
SECTION 3.601-C-3 OF THIS SUBTITLE. NO PART OF THE
SIGN SHALL EXTEND BEYOND A PROPERTY LINE OR
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE.

D.  MARQUEE SIGNS

SIGNS MAY BE PLACED ON THE VERTICAL FACES OF A
MARQUEE PROVIDED NO PART OF THE SIGN SHALL PROJECT
ABOVE OR BELOW THE VERTICAL FACES OF A MARQUEE.

E. POOF SIGNS

ROOF SIGNS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED.

3. AREA

THE TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS ERECTED ON THE LOT
AND BUILDING SHALL BE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE SQUARE
FOOTAGE.

4. CONTENT

SIGNS ALLOWED SHALL BE IDENTIFICATION SIGNS ONLY,
AS DEFINED ELSEWHERE IN THIS ACT.

5. UNIMPROVED PROPERTY

SIGNS FOR BUSINESSES CONDUCTED ON UNIMPROVED LOTS
SHALL BE ALLOWED A TOTAL AREA FOR ALL SIGNS NOT TO
EXCEED ONE-HALF (1/2) SQUARE FOOT FOR EACH LINEAL FOOT
OF LOT FRONTAGE OR ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE FEET
OVERALL, WHICHEVER IS SMALLER. SIGNS ON UNIMPROVED
PROPERTY SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER RESTRICTIONS OF
SUBSECTION 3.601-C.

 

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