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The two public parking lots as well as the parking deck will also have new identification signs that are coordinated with the wayfinding system. Parking directional signs will be placed on proximity sign poles or on buildings, depending on location. Future directional and identification parking signs will use the same parking symbol. The Wayfinding Plan recommends that Orange County adopt the same parking symbol for County-owned public parking lots. Visitors to government offices and the courthouse as well as tourists and daily shoppers will benefit from well marked parking. There are two types of guide signs in the wayfinding system: destination and directional. Destination signage is located on individual sites to identify a particular building or group of buildings. The Wayfinding Signage Plan recommends destination signage only at buildings and sites that are owned and operated by the Town of Hillsborough. The plan recognizes that site signage should be developed by the entities that operate each destination, though coordination maybe useful in the future. The directional signs include trailblazing and proximity signs and guide visitors and citizens to key destinations. Directional signs are located in the right-of-way along streets and indicate when a turn is necessary. The Wayfinding Plan includes directional signage for 33 destinations. Some of those destinations are owned by Town of Hillsborough but many are not. Directional signage includes locations that are regularly accessed by the public and have been identified as key destinations by the task force. All destinations fall into the following three categories: Town of Hillsborough, Orange County, and non profit/other. Advertizing commercial enterprises on Wayfinding signage is prohibited. The following tables display the breakdown of destinations by ownership: Ownershi # of Destinations Tota133 Percenta a of Total Destinations Town of Hillsborou h 9 27% Oran a Coun 15 46°/o Non Profit Other 9 27% Destinations are indicated on a varying number of signs. Each sign may have between one and three panels. Each panel displays the name of one destination. The total number of panels for trailblazing and proximity signs are 111. The following table shows the breakdown of panels by ownership of destinations. Ownershi # of anels Total 111 Percenta a of Total Panels Town of Hillsborou h 33 30% Oran e Coun ' 44 40% Non Profit Other 34 30% Implemeritati0ri Of the Wayfiridlrig Plan depends on funding. Fabrication and installation of the signs can happen faster if financial resources are combined. The overall impact of a comprehensive signage system will be widespread and the effects will be positive for residents, downtown businesses, government employees, and visitors.