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A*4CA•rt eni 2 <br />3 <br />AMENDMENTS TO THE <br />ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE <br />(Only those sections or subsections amended are set out below) <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE <br />COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, hereby amends the Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance by adding (indicated by underlined language) and deleting (indicated <br />by stricken through language) as follows: <br />Proposed Amendment: Part 1 <br />That Article Nine (9) Signs Section 9.12 Miscellaneous Requirements be <br />amended by adding a new sub - section (1) to read as follows: <br />i) Specific Reaulations Governing Signs for: Parks. Public and <br />Non - profit: Recreational Facilities, Non - Profit: Recreational <br />Facilities, Golf Courses: and Recreational Facilities, Profit: <br />Unlike signs for non- residential develogment(s), signs for <br />recreational land uses are intended to serve a different function and <br />PUrpOse. <br />Signs within these types of land uses are intended to provide <br />essential information concerning: <br />1. Rules and regulations governing the operation of the facility, <br />2. Educational information identfirinq unique aspects of the facility, <br />the property itself, or significant environmental features that are <br />located on the property, <br />3. Identification of sponsors or gublic/private partnerships that are <br />responsible for the development. Upkeep, and maintenance of <br />existing recreational amenities. <br />While some of this information could be construed as being <br />advertising material. the County views such signs as identifying <br />those responsible for the existence of the facility -and allows for <br />recognition of entities that have entered into partnerships with the <br />The following regulations govern the erection of signs at <br />