NS ORD-2002-011 Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment: Article 9. Signs

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67XA2 - a© © -2 - c) it ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 21, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. - b SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment: Article 9 Signs DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) NO ATTACHMENT(S): Ordinance with proposed text changes p 2 Letter requesting amendment p 7a Permitted Signs: Size, Number, Height and Location of Minutes - Planning Board -April 4, 2002 Minutes - Public Hearing -Feb. 25, 2002 p INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, Director, Ext. 2592 Robert P. Davis Planner III, Ext. 2580 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: p 8 Hillsborough 732 -8181 P9 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 11 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To close the public hearing, receive recommendations and make a decision on the proposed text 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 a provision that would require a minimum of 12 square feet of landscaping surrounding the sign including bushes or flowers • Sign would limit the information conveyed to: 1) the builder's name, 2) telephone number, 3) the hours that the model is open for viewing, and 4) an e-mail address Process 1) Public Hearing held on February 25, 2002 • Voted to send item to Planning Board for recommendation no sooner than May 21, 2002 2) Planning Board unanimously recommended denial of the proposed amendments on April 4, 2002 3) BOCC to make final decision. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no public fiscal impact associated with this decision item. RECOMMENDATION(S): Administration recommends DENIAL of the amendment. Planning Board recommends DENIAL of the amendment.