Developer Loses a Day Due to Improper Signage

County inspectors shut down construction of The Reserve at Camp Chapel housing development Wednesday after roads were closed using misleading and misplaced signs, negatively affecting a Perry Hall business. 

Chapel Hills Farm and Nursery owner Russell Berk, whose business is located on Chapel Road, complained earlier this week that the signs literally blocked customers from accessing the nursery as it heads into the peak of its busy season, Patch reported Tuesday.

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The Reserve at Camp Chapel is a 39-home development expected to be completed this spring.

Segments of the road will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. The nursery meanwhile remains open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the construction and closure.

The problem that became evident this week was that developer D.R. Horton had agreed to make the signage clear and that had not occurred. 

Instead, crews had reused signs from when they closed down Cross Road, Patch observed.

Additionally, crews placed a sign at the intersection of Joppa and Chapel Road, which blocked all incoming traffic, violating a statement on the sign that read "local traffic only."

The developer was told Wednesday that the operation would be shut down until the proper signage was put in place, according to Baltimore County-certified inspector Bill Gischel. 

"Everybody is happy as of 10 this morning," Gischel said Thursday.

Updated stickers were affixed to the signs indicating that the nursery was open and the road itself would reopen daily after 3 p.m.

Gischel said he would again check on the signs Friday to ensure they stated that the road would be open on the weekends.

Berk agreed to allow drivers who mistakenly turned down Chapel from Joppa to turn around in his parking lot, rather than in the driveway of a resident living along the roadway.

"It's turned out great," Berk said. "They're doing everything that they were supposed to do since the beginning."

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