Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
ZBA continues Copsey sign appeal to allow further review of permit error and potential variance options
Summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals continued an appeal by Leonard E. and Josephine A. Copsey of a department determination that a 2008 permit for a 64-square-foot roadside sign had been issued in error; the board set a continuation date to allow staff legal research and to give the applicant time to consider pursuing variances.
The St. Mary’s County Zoning Board of Appeals on March 24 continued the appeal filed by Leonard E. Copsey Sr. and Josephine A. Copsey of a county Land Use & Growth Management decision that a 2008 permit for a 64-square-foot freestanding sign (the Drift Inn) had been issued in error and that the installed sign did not comply with the county’s sign regulations for the rural-commercial-limited (RCL) zone.
Zoning staff told the board that the October 27, 2008 sign permit was issued in error because the department did not verify whether an existing nonconforming sign was present within the prior 12 months and therefore whether the 2008 installation was a replacement of an existing nonconforming sign (which can be refaced, but not reconstructed), or a new structure subject to current dimensional rules. Staff noted that a conforming off-site directional sign…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
