Calvert County Master Sign Plans.pdf

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Calvert County 29-9 MASTER SIGN PLAN
The master sign plan allowance provides for additional permanent signage for large-scale
nonresidential, mixed-use, or residential developments and/or is to allow creativity and
flexibility in establishing a cohesive and aesthetically pleasing overall design of signage within a
development. The master sign plan provides a review process where any development that
includes one building of 25,000 square feet or more of gross floor area, or multiple buildings, on
a single parcel, with cumulative total of 25,000 square feet of gross floor area or more can
submit a master sign plan package that illustrates all the signage that will be used on the lot or
parcel of record as of the effective date of this amendment and the relationships of all these
signs to the development.
A. Master sign plans shall be submitted to the Department of Planning & Zoning for any
nonresidential development which meets the square foot threshold, and where the applicant
wishes to submit a single, comprehensive sign plan for review.
B. A master sign plan is intended to promote consistency among signs within a development
and enhance the compatibility of signs with the architectural and site design features within a
development.
C. A master sign plan may include more than one freestanding sign per development or other
deviations from the standards of this Ordinance.
D. An application for review of a master sign plan shall include:
1. A master sign plan, drawn to scale, delineating the site proposed to be included within
the master sign plan and the general locations of all permanent signs including freestanding and
building signs and the property lines, buildings, roadways, and rights-of-way.
2. Drawings or sketches indicating the dimensions, location, and sign area for all the
permanent signs.
3. Drawings or sketches indicating the exterior surface details of all buildings on the site
on which wall signs, awning signs, canopy signs, projecting signs, window signs, or other
building signs are proposed.
4. Information regarding the illumination of any signs.
E. In order for the Planning Commission to approve a master sign plan, the Commission shall
find all of the following:
1. That the plan's contribution to the design of the site and surrounding area will be
superior to the quality than would result under the regulations and standards of this Ordinance.

2. That the signs proposed as part of the master sign plan will create a uniform sign
package for the site related to materials, lighting, design, and other features of the individual
signs.
3. That the proposed signs are compatible with the style or character of improvements
and are well-related to each other in terms of location and spacing.
F. The Planning Commission may grant approval subject to conditions as it deems necessary to
carry out the intent of this Article.
G. Upon approval of a master sign plan, permits will be issued only for those signs approved
under the master sign plan, subject to all conditions of approval