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Article 6: Development Standards 34 <br />Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br />(E) Signage34 <br />(1) Signage shall conform to all requirements within Section 6.12 of this Ordinance. <br />(2) Only monument style signs that do not exceed six feet in height are permitted <br />within the Efland Village Overlay District. <br />(3) Pole signs are not permitted. <br />(F) Architectural Design Standards35 <br />In addition to the requirements in Section 6.5 (Architectural Design Standards), the <br />following design standards shall apply: <br />(1) Corporate Franchise Architecture <br />(a) Under no circumstances shall modern corporate franchise building <br />design be permitted. <br />(b) Franchise or'chain' businesses desiring to locate in the Efland Village <br />Overlay District shall be required to design the building in accordance <br />with these guidelines. <br />(c) For purposes of this Sub - Section, "modern corporate franchise building <br />design" means a building design that is trademarked, branded, or easily <br />identified with a particular chain or corporation and is ubiquitous in <br />nature. <br />(2) The principal building shall be oriented facing towards the fronting street. <br />(3) Building Access <br />(a) A functional doorway for public or direct -entry access into a building shall <br />be provided from the fronting street. <br />(b) Additional entrances to a building may be provided. <br />(4) Human Scale and Fenestration <br />(a) Buildings shall be designed to contribute to a human scale. Large <br />expanses of blank walls shall be avoided and fenestration (the <br />arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a <br />building) shall be provided in such a way that a building is relatable to <br />humans and does not overpower the area. <br />(5) Drive - through facilities are prohibited on all non - residential uses. <br />(6) Mirrored glass is prohibited. <br />6.6.5 ansportation Corridor (MTC) <br />(A) Landscapi d Buffers <br />In addition to the requireme t forth ction 6.8 of this Ordinance, the following <br />standards shall be met: <br />34 These are requirements in the ECOD which are also good practice for the Efland Village. <br />" (1) through (3) and (5) and (6) are requirements in the ECOD which are also good practice for the Efland Village. <br />(4) is suggested in order to articulate that we are encouraging human scale architecture in the Efland Village overlay <br />district. The existing requirements in Section 6.5 basically implement this point but "human scale" is a more <br />modern term that will likely be recognizable to people in the development community. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -36 <br />