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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.12: Signs <br />(ii) Has more than 300 feet of linear frontage alonq a NC <br />Department of Transportation (NC DOT) maintained roadway <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 />kb} c) 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 />L 7— - - - -- - ------ - <br />- - - -- <br />NOTE: L x W x H may not exco6d 54 cubic feet with N dimension exceeding 6 feet. <br />(7) An on -pr ise commercial sign may c tain a changeable copy sign as defined <br />in this rdinance. However, the total sig rea, including the area of changeable <br />, <br />co shall not exceed the maximum allowab,a area established in Section <br />. 2.12(A)(6)(a) above. <br />X No on- premise commercial sign shall be oriented i uch a manner as to be <br />directly visible from a major transportation corridor as stablished in this <br />Ordinance. <br />Off - Premise Commercial Signs <br />9 This would only allow larger signs on property located in the `urban' areas of the County (Le, 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 />10 We are establishing the necessary reference(s) to the provisions of the LIDO regulating allowable sign <br />area within our various Economic Development districts. <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -84 <br />