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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.12: Signs <br />In these instances signs shall not exceed 64 square feet in area per sign <br />face. <br />(b) For parcels within Economic Development district(s), allowable sign area <br />shall be in accordance with Section 6.12.14 of this Ordinance. <br />{�L(I Three- dimensional signs shall not exceed a maximum volume of 54 <br />cubic feet with no dimension exceeding six feet. <br />Figure 6.12.12.A.6: Three - Dimensional Sign Allowable Volume <br />NOTE: L x W x H may not exceed 54 c is feet with no di nsion exceeding 6 feet. <br />(7) An on- premise c5olmercial sign may con ta a changeable copy sign as defined <br />in this Ordinan However, the total sign are including the area of changeable <br />copy, shall n exceed the maximum allowable a a established in Section <br />6.12.12(A )(a) above. <br />(8) No on- emise commercial sign shall be oriented is suc a manner as to be <br />dire y visible from a major transportation corridor as esta 'shed in this <br />0 inance. <br />(B) Off-Pr ise Commercial Signs <br />(1 These signs shall comply with all state and county building codes and e <br />National Electric Code. Clearance of signs is required from high voltage wer <br />lines and signs shall be located in such a way that they will maintain horizo I <br />and vertical clearance of all overhead electrical conductors in accordance with <br />the National Electric Code specifications, provided that no sign shall be installed <br />closer than ten feet horizontally or vertically from any conductor or public utility <br />guy wire. <br />8 This would only allow larger signs on property located in the `urban' areas of the County (i.e, along US <br />Highway 70, the Efland- Mebane - Buckhorn area, Hillsborough and Eno EDD's) and would not include <br />rural nodes (i.e. Rural Neighborhood, Industrial, etc.). The typical width of a non - residential general use <br />zoning district (i.e. amount of road frontage) is approximately 75 feet. A larger sign shall only be allowed <br />if the project is located within an identified Activity Node, where we encourage large -scale non - residential <br />development, and the lot has sufficient road frontage to accommodate a larger sign yet be proportional to <br />the property. <br />9 We are establishing the necessary reference(s) to the provisions of the UDO regulating allowable sign <br />area within our various Economic Development districts. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -84 <br />34 <br />