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Commissioners send political-sign rule change to planning commission after court ruling prompts removal of time limits
Summary
Board directed staff to send a text amendment removing durational limits on political campaign signs to the planning commission for a public hearing, citing the 2008 Bell v. Baltimore County decision; the amendment retains size and location rules and county staff will assess enforcement and possible comprehensive sign-code revisions.
The St. Mary's County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 1 directed staff to forward a proposed text amendment to the county zoning ordinance that removes durational limits on political campaign signs and send it to the Planning Commission for a public hearing.
Yvonne Chelly, zoning administrator, told the board the change follows a 2008 federal decision, Bell v. Baltimore County, in which a court found that time limits on political-sign display…
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