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HOWARD COUNTY

PURPOSES.

C. STROBE AND INCANDESCENT LIGHTS

NO EXPOSED REFLECTIVE TYPE BULBS AND NO STROBE
LIGHTS OR INCANDESCENT LIGHTS WHICH EXCEED FIFTEEN
(15) WATTS SHALL BE USED ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF
ANY SIGN SO AS TO EXPOSE THE FACE OF THE BULB, LIGHT
OR LAMP TO ANY PUBLIC STREET OF ADJACENT PROPERTY.

3.609 - PERMITS AND FEES

A.   PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

NO SIGN OR BILLBOARD SHALL BE ERECTED, ALTERED,
OR RELOCATED WITHOUT A SIGN PERMIT ISSUED BY THE
BUREAU OF INSPECTIONS, LICENSES AND PERMITS. ANY SIGN
OR BILLBOARD INVOLVING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHALL BE
WIPED BY A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, AND THE ELECTRICAL
COMPONENTS USED SHALL BEAR AN UNDERWRITERS
LABORATORIES, INC. SEAL OF INSPECTION. WITHIN ONE (1)
YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, APPLICATION
FOR A SIGN PERMIT SHALL BE MADE FOR ALL SIGNS AND
BILLBOARDS PRESENTLY ERECTED WHETHER OR NOT A PERMIT
HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. THE APPLICATION SHALL BE
SUBMITTED IN THE SAME FORM AS THAT REQUIRED FOR A NEW
SIGN OR BILLBOARD UNDER THIS SECTION. IN THE EVENT A
PERMIT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED, NO ADDITIONAL FEE
SHALL BE COLLECTED FOR THE NEW PERMIT.

B.   APPLICATIONS

THE PERMIT APPLICATION SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE
APPLICANT, AND WHEN THE APPLICANT IS ANY PERSON OTHER
THAN THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, THE PERMIT APPLICATION
SHALL ALSO BE SIGNED BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY OR
HIS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE. IT SHALL CONTAIN THE
LOCATION OF THE SIGN STRUCTURE, THE NAME AND ADDRESS
OF THE SIGN OWNER AND OF THE SIGN ERECTOR, DRAWINGS
SHOWING THE DESIGN, DIMENSIONS AND LOCATIONS OF THE
SIGN, AND SUCH OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION AS THE
BUREAU OF INSPECTIONS, LICENSES AND PERMITS MAY
REQUIRE TO INSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS OF HOWARD
COUNTY.

C.  FEES

ANNUAL FEES FOR SIGN PERMITS SHALL BE AS
DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY RESOLUTION OF THE