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Attachment 3 g <br /> Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.12:Signs <br /> (F) Flags, emblems or insignia of any national, state or political subdivision; <br /> (G) Property number signs not exceeding two square foot in area and bearing only address <br /> numbers of premises or other identification of premises not having commercial <br /> connotations; <br /> (H) Holiday decorations in season that do not contain or display a commercial message; <br /> (1) Signs on trash receptacles, indicating the owner or party responsible for maintenance; <br /> (J) Hazardous chemical identification/notification signs on residential and non-residential <br /> structures; <br /> (K) Signs on newspaper boxes; <br /> (L) Private drive signs, one per drive entrance, not exceeding two square feet in area, with <br /> the message content limited to the words"Private Drive"and the address of any <br /> residences utilizing the private roadway; <br /> (M) Security and warning signs posted on private property warning the public against <br /> trespassing, or similar messages, provided that any such sign does not exceed two <br /> square feet in area; and <br /> (N) Political Signs, in accordance with the following standards: <br /> (1) Political Signs are allowed in all zoning districts. <br /> (2) A Zoning Compliance Permit shall not be required to allow for the placement of a <br /> political sign on private property. <br /> (3) There shall be no limit to the number of political signs that can be placed on <br /> private property so long as the placement of these signs complies with the <br /> provisions of this Ordinance and the signs do not create a public safety hazard. <br /> (4) Within residential zoning districts, political signs shall not exceed nine square feet <br /> in area or four feet in height. <br /> (5) Within non-residential zoning districts, political signs shall not exceed the <br /> maximum allowable sign area permitted for freestanding signs. <br /> (6) Political signs shall only be erected 90 days prior to the established date of a <br /> general election, school board election, referendum, special election, primary, or <br /> other similar political activity. <br /> (7) Political signs shall be removed within 21 days after an election. <br /> (8) Political signs shall net be allowed wi4hin a street right of <br /> this eGtiO street right_nf_cernv-1-11 he the area m iRtaiaorf.by the {SInr+h <br /> P`are!iRa Depar+men+of. Trailsr,er+atie- n aR area 15 feet frem the edge of <br /> payemoRt whichever is rea+or only be allowed within rights-of-way of the State <br /> highway system in accordance with State law. <br /> (9) Political signs shall not be allowed on telephone poles, utility poles,trees, other <br /> similar natural objects, and other signs or sign structures. <br /> 6.12.6 Prohibited Signs <br /> The following signs are prohibited in all zoning districts: <br /> (A) Advertising signs resembling traffic signals,traffic signs, emergency vehicles'flashing <br /> lights, non-governmental sanctioned signs utilizing the words 'stop', `slow', 'caution', <br /> 'danger', or any sign that is likely to be misconstrued by the traveling public as being <br /> official governmental signs or emergency warnings or which by their distracting nature <br /> create a hazard to motorists; <br /> (B) Signs, except for off-premises signs allowed under this Section, advertising an activity, <br /> business, product or service no longer conducted on the premises upon which the sign is <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-82 <br />