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Bel Air Planning Commission backs package of zoning-code cleanups, including signage and cannabis table corrections
Summary
The commission recommended that the Town Board adopt several zoning-code amendments — clarifying freestanding-sign rules, moving cannabis uses to retail tables, and tightening performance standards (including a Jersey-barrier prohibition) — voting unanimously to forward recommendations.
The Bel Air Planning Commission on Monday voted unanimously to recommend the Town Board adopt a package of zoning-code amendments addressing freestanding signage, permitted-use tables and certain performance standards.
The commission’s first recommendation, Ordinance 854-26, clarifies that freestanding signs located inside a shopping center or mixed‑use center do not violate the town’s billboard prohibition so long as the signs are within the project area and covered by a development agreement. Staff explained that maintenance and…
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