Frederick County Unincorporated

For parcels in the RA District with an allowed by-right use (excluding residences) or an approved conditional use permit (CUP) the maximum size and number of signs that the owner or owners of the property may erect and maintain at the entrances to the property are subject to the following requirements: ... One sign is permitted per parcel. Signs in the RA District must not exceed eight feet in height. Signs in the RA District must not exceed 50 square feet in sign area.

RA District sign regulations: one sign per parcel, max 8 ft height, 50 sq ft area. Porch extension allowed. Environmental protection applies.

For parcels in the RP, MH1, R4 and R5 Districts with an allowed by-right use (excluding residences) or an approved conditional use permit (CUP) the maximum size and number of signs... Subdivision identification signs: one per entrance, max 8 ft height, 32 sq ft. Cottage occupation signs: max 5 ft height, 4 sq ft. By-right uses: one sign per parcel, max 4 ft height, 25 sq ft.

For parcels in the RP, MH1, R4 and R5 Districts with an allowed by-right use (excluding residences) or an approved conditional use permit (CUP) the maximum size and number of signs... Subdivision identification signs: one per entrance, max 8 ft height, 32 sq ft. Cottage occupation signs: max 5 ft height, 4 sq ft. By-right uses: one sign per parcel, max 4 ft height, 25 sq ft.

For parcels in the RP, MH1, R4 and R5 Districts with an allowed by-right use (excluding residences) or an approved conditional use permit (CUP) the maximum size and number of signs... Subdivision identification signs: one per entrance, max 8 ft height, 32 sq ft. Cottage occupation signs: max 5 ft height, 4 sq ft. By-right uses: one sign per parcel, max 4 ft height, 25 sq ft.

For parcels in the RP, MH1, R4 and R5 Districts with an allowed by-right use (excluding residences) or an approved conditional use permit (CUP) the maximum size and number of signs... Subdivision identification signs: one per entrance, max 8 ft height, 32 sq ft. Cottage occupation signs: max 5 ft height, 4 sq ft. By-right uses: one sign per parcel, max 4 ft height, 25 sq ft.

MH1 District sign regulations, accessory dwelling attachment, porch extension.

R4 District sign regulations, accessory dwelling attachment, mobile home prohibition.

RP District sign regulations, accessory dwelling attachment, mobile home prohibition, property owners' association, environmental protection.

R5 District sign regulations, mobile home prohibition as accessory dwelling.

All outdoor lighting fixtures shall be designed to meet the following criteria: fully shielded, aimed, downcast. CCT not to exceed 3000K for multifamily residential, 4000K for non-residential. Free-standing pole-mounted light fixtures shall not be more than 20 feet in parking areas within or adjacent to agricultural or residential uses, and not more than 25 feet in height above finished grade where adjoining all other uses. Lighting levels shall not exceed 0.2 footcandle at any common property line with property zoned, used as or planned for residential or agricultural uses. For multifamily, max 0.5 footcandle at property line boundaries.

Free-standing pole-mounted light fixtures ... shall not be more than 20 feet in parking areas within or adjacent to agricultural or residential uses, and shall not be more than 25 feet in height above finished grade where adjoining all other uses.

The purpose and intent of this section is to establish outdoor lighting standards that reduce the impacts of glare, light trespass and over lighting...

EM District lighting pole height exception up to 45 ft.

In no case shall light fixtures in the B3, M1, M2, EM and TM Districts exceed 45 feet in height.

The requirements of this section shall apply to land in the following zoning districts: RP, TM, HE, RA, MS. Disturbance of floodplains is only permitted in accordance with the requirements of Article VII, Part 702. No more than 25% of steep slopes shall be disturbed or regraded. No more than 10% of natural stormwater retention areas on a site shall be disturbed.

No more than 25% of steep slopes, as defined, shall be disturbed or regraded. No more than 10% of natural stormwater retention areas on a site shall be disturbed.

MS District environmental protection applies.

HE District environmental protection applies.

All development in Frederick County shall meet the requirements of Chapter 79, Erosion and Sediment Control. All developments requiring site plan approval shall limit the rate of stormwater runoff so that no greater rate of runoff from the site is permitted than that occurring prior to development for storms with a two-, ten- and twenty-five-year frequency. Storm drainage conveyance systems shall be designed to convey a storm with a ten-year frequency without surcharging inlets. Conveyance systems shall be designed to convey a storm with a one-hundred-year frequency within a controlled spillway. Stormwater storage system shall be provided to accommodate a postdevelopment storm with a twenty-five-year, twenty-four-hour frequency.