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1 ORANGE COUNTY 0005 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 25, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Text Amendment: Article 9 Signs DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Letter requesting amendment Craig Benedict, Director, Ext. 2592 Ordinance with proposed amendment Robert P. Davis Planner III, Ext. 2580 Table of Permitted Signs TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To hear public comment and the staff recommendation on the proposed amendment to Article 9. Signs of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. BACKGROUND: Petitioner: Pierre Morin, Biltmore Homes, LLC • Proposal is to amend Section 9.6 Signs Not Subject To Permit Requirements • Adds subparagraph I in the unregulated signs portion of the ordinance (Section 9.6) • Current maximum of signs not subject to permit requirements is 4 square feet • This proposal would allow a 16 square foot maximum sign to be installed on the same lot as a builder's model home • Would add provision requiring a minimum of 12 square feet of landscaping including flowering plants or bushes to be provided surrounding the sign • Sign would limit information conveyed to: 1) the builder's name, 2) phone number, 3) the hours that the model is open for viewing, and 4) an e-mail address FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no public fiscal impact associated with this decision item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning Staff recommends DENIAL of the amendment. The Administration recommends that the proposed amendment be referred to the Planning Board for a recommendation returned to the Board of County Commissioners no sooner than May 21, 2002.