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May 10, 2011

Emergency Regulations Amending Sign Permit Requirements 

Amendments to the exceptions from obtaining a sign permit

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This emergency rulemaking is necessitated by the need to protect the public safety and welfare from the proliferation of commercial signs advertising products, services, and goods that are not sold on-site and that are currently exempt from existing permit requirements. Such non-permitted signs have an adverse impact on building safety, adversely affect vehicular and pedestrian safety from distracted drivers, and violate Federal Highway Administration requirements related to off-site commercial advertisements along federally-funded roadways. 

Amending Section 3107 of Chapter 31 DCMR 12 A (DC Construction Codes Supplement of 2008)

This emergency rulemaking will require property owners to obtain a building permit from DCRA before installing commercial advertising signs that are meant to be seen from the public space and: A) advertise a product not sold on the premises; B) use video, electric or digital displays; or C) exceed 20 percent of the area of any window in which it is displayed or viewed from the public space.

 

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