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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-504 Signage Plan.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-504" heading="Signage Plan.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Required.">Once an area is designated as an Area of Special Signage Control, a Signage Plan must be submitted to the Planning Commission.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Contents.">The Signage Plan must include:<para num="(1)">a list of what sign types are being sought in the Area of Special Sign Control;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the location and number of signs per lot or building;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the maximum dimensions per sign; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the percentage deviation being sought in the area or height of the sign or in the maximum cumulative area of signs from what is allowed by right as provided in &lt;em&gt;Table 17-201: Sign Regulations  &lt;/em&gt;and &lt;em&gt;Table 17-306: Maximum Cumulative Area of Signs&lt;/em&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Content deviations and additions.">
      <para num="(1)">The Signage Plan may include deviations from location, height, quantity, and dimensional requirements of this title  so long as the deviation is allowed by &lt;em&gt;Table 17-201: Sign Regulations  &lt;/em&gt;or &lt;em&gt;Table 17-306: Maximum Cumulative Area of Signs&lt;/em&gt;..</para>
      <para num="(2)">The Signage Plan may include a type of sign that is not generally permissible in the underlying district if that additional sign type is listed in &lt;em&gt;Table 17-201: Sign Regulations &lt;/em&gt;as one allowed in an Area of Special Sign Control for that district and is otherwise a sign type defined in this title.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals may not grant any variance for a sign that has been the subject of a deviation or addition under this section.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Calculating percentage deviations.">When calculating the percentage deviation for a sign area or height, a fraction in the resultant allowable deviation that is ½  or more of a whole number counts as 1 additional square foot for sign area or 1 additional foot for height.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Prohibitions.">The Signage Plan may not alter or deviate from the standards required by § 17-402 {“Alcoholic beverage and cigarette advertising signs”} or &lt;cite data-path="|32|§17-411"&gt;§ 17-411 {“Obscene signs”} of this title&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord.18-216</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
