The toppled Harrison Hall sign is pictured last month after a winter wind storm.
City officials this week agreed to allow The Harrison Hall to rebuild its hotel sign along Baltimore Avenue after it was blown down during a wind storm last month.
On Monday, Harrison Hotel, Inc. asked the Ocean City Council to approve the replacement of its pylon sign, located within the public right-of-way along Baltimore Avenue.
While the city code states that any nonconforming sign damaged by more than 50% of its value must be removed or brought into compliance, city officials voted unanimously to allow the reconstruction of the sign near its original location within the right-of-way.
“The Harrison Group desires to put the sign back into the exact location,” Planning and Community Development Director George Bendler told council members this week. “Their concern is that relocating the sign into their property would require them to either impact their parking or their existing pool there.”
The harrison’s run Ocean City and will always get what they want.