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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.12: Signs <br />(A) Signs erected by a governmental agency to regulate, control, or direct vehicula/nc <br />pedestrian traffic; <br />(B) Legal notices, warnings, regulatory or informational signs erected by a public a <br />(D) <br />(E) <br />(F) <br />(G) <br />(H) <br />(1) <br />(J) <br />Signs required by law; <br />"No trespassing" signs, not exceeding six square feet in area; <br />eal estate signs, not exceeding four square feet in area; <br />Fla s, emblems or insignia of any national, state or political subdivi on; <br />Prope number signs not exceeding two square foot in area an bearing only address <br />number of premises or other identification of premises not ha ng commercial <br />connotati s; <br />Holiday decol,.�tions in season that do not contain or di <br />Signs on trash r8 <br />Hazardous chem <br />structures; <br />acles, indicating the owner or <br />identification /notification sign: <br />a commercial message; <br />responsible for maintenance; <br />residential and non - residential <br />(K) Signs on newspaper bo Ventrance, <br />(L) Private drive signs, one nce, of exceeding two square feet in area, with <br />the message content lims ' rivate Drive" and the address of any <br />residences utilizing the (M) Security and warning sirivate property warning the public against <br />trespassing, or similar mided that any such sign does not exceed two <br />square feet in area; and <br />(N) Political /shabe in accordance ith the fol wing standards: <br />(1) l Signs are Ilowed in all zone districts. <br />(2) g Com ance Permit shall not required to allow for the placement of a <br />l sign private property. <br />(3) ha be no limit to the number of polite al signs that can be pla ced on <br />operty so long as the placement of th se signs complies with the <br />ns of this Ordinance and the signs do no create a public safety hazard. <br />(4) residential zoning districts, political signs sh not exceed nine square feet <br />or four feet in height. <br />(5) Within non - residential zoning districts, political signs sha not exceed the <br />maximum allowable sign area permitted for freestanding si ns. <br />( Political signs shall only be erected 90 days prior to the est\da of a <br />general election, school board election, referendum, speciary, or <br />other similar political activity. <br />(7) Political signs shall be removed within 21 days after an ele <br />(8) Political signs shall be allowed within rights -of -way of the System only in accordance with State law. <br />(9) Political signs shall not be allowed on telephone poles, utili of r <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 />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -78 <br />16 <br />