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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.12: Signs <br />(3) Window signs may be utilized for advertising specials or sales within the <br />business, or displaying the name and other pertinent business infor ion <br />associated with the principal use. <br />(4) Signs may be etched, painted or otherwise attached to be m e a permanent <br />addition to the pane of glass. <br />(F) Awn Signs <br />(1) A ing signs shall be permitted within the follow' g zoning districts: LC -1, NC -2, <br />CC- , C -4, EC -5, 01, E1, 1 -1, 1-2,1-3, AS, MP -CZ and all of the Economic <br />Develop nt zoning districts. See Sectio .12.14(E) for additional standards <br />for Awning i ns located in Economic velopment Districts. <br />(2) Awning Signs sh be located ab the main entrance to a nonresidential land <br />use and shall contain e nam f the use. <br />(3) Awning Sign area shall be i ited to a maximum of 50% of the total awning area <br />erected over the entra of onresidential land use. Where an awning sign is <br />utilized at a multi -us developme the amount of sign area shall be computed <br />as part of the ov 11 sign area allott to wall signs, not to exceed 50% of the <br />total awning a. <br />(G) Drive - Through nu Signs <br />(1) App i ants must establish to the satisfaction of the anning Director that a drive - <br />t ough menu sign is considered a customary access use to the principal <br />business on the property and is necessary for the normal erations of the <br />commercial operation. <br />(2) Signs shall be limited to 32 square feet in area. \ <br />(3) No external illumination shall be permitted. <br />/ (4) A land use that utilizes such a sign shall also be permitted an independent <br />speaker box, no greater than 12 square feet in area with a height no greater tha <br />four feet. <br />6.12.13 Sign Standards for Specific Uses <br />In addition to the requirements contained herein, the following land uses shall adhere to these <br />additional standards: <br />(A) Changeable Copy Signs Utilized by Churches or Public Entities <br />(1) Shall not exceed 32 square feet in area. <br />(2) Bulletin boards /reader boards may be internally illuminated. <br />(B) Service Stations /Gas Station <br />(1) Signs may be erected above gas pumps subject to the following standards <br />(a) <br />No internal or external illumination shall be permitted; <br />(b) <br />Signs shall be limited to four square feet in area; and <br />(c) <br />Signs must advertise items for sale on the property. Under no <br />circumstances may a sign advertise a sale, activity, business, or product <br />not associated with the principal use of property. <br />(2) Signs may be erected on the canopy covering gas pumps subject to the following <br />standards: <br />(a) <br />Advertising material shall be limited to trademarks, logos, and the name <br />of the service station or other similar display. <br />(b) <br />Such displays shall be limited to six square feet of area. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -87 <br />37 <br />