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HOWARD COUNTY

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 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 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 BAY NOT EXCEED ONE (1) FOOT FOR
EACH [[THREE (3) ]] TWO (2) FEET OF SETBACK FROM THE
ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AND SHALL NOT IN ANY CASE 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 OH 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. ROOF SIGNS

ROOF SIGNS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED.

3. AREA