Town of Chesapeake Beach, MD Article II Signs

[Amended 10-20-1988 by Ord. No. O-88-12]

§ 110-2 Permit required.

No billboard, sign, poster, advertising display or other structure designed for the purpose of displaying outdoor advertising matter shall be erected, constructed or maintained in the Town of Chesapeake Beach until a permit shall have been obtained therefor and fees hereinafter provided for are duly paid.

§ 110-3 Application procedure.

Any person, firm or corporation desiring to erect, construct or maintain any such billboard, sign, poster, or advertising display shall submit to the Town Public Works Administrator a written application for a permit to erect, construct or maintain the same, which application shall state the location of the property upon which the same is to be erected, constructed, or maintained, and indicate by diagram or otherwise the exact location thereof, the name of the owner of the premises upon which the same is to be erected, the authority of the applicant (if not the owner) to erect, construct or maintain the same, the size of the proposed existing sign or other structure, and the content of the advertising to be displayed thereon. Such application, and a tax of $15 for each and every sign so erected, constructed or maintained, provided that such tax shall not be paid with respect to any sign devoted exclusively to the place of business located on the property, and provided further that no permit shall be required with respect to a sign on real estate devoted exclusively to advertising the same for sale or rent.

§ 110-4 Regulations; prohibited signs.

A. All signs are subject to the regulations prescribed in Chapter 290, Zoning, § 290-22, Signs, of the Code of the Town of Chesapeake Beach and to the following restrictions.

B. The following signs are prohibited:

(1) Portable signs, including portable, changeable copy signs, with or without wheels; and

(2) Sandwich signs; and

(3) Signs posted on any pole, fence, building, tree or other public property of the Town of Chesapeake Beach except as allowed by written permission of the Town of Chesapeake Beach; and

(4) Signs posted on any pole, fence, building, tree or other property of a public utility company except as allowed by written permission of that public utility company.

§ 110-5 Removal.

If any billboard, sign, advertising display or other structure shall be erected or maintained contrary to the provisions hereof, the owner of such billboard, sign, advertising display or other structure shall be given five days' notice to remove such billboard, sign, advertising display or other structure. If such billboard, sign, advertising display or other structure is not removed after such five days' notice, the Public Works Administrator and/or the police authorities of Chesapeake Beach shall be authorized, empowered and directed to remove such billboard, sign, advertising display or other structure.

§ 110-6 Violations and penalties.

Any person, firm or corporation violating any provisions of this article or who or which shall fail, neglect or refuse to procure a permit required by the same shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $100 or, in default of the payment thereof, be imprisoned in the County Jail for not more than 25 days.