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13 <br /> County permits a 4 to 8 square foot directional sign. <br /> Based on this information, the Planning Staff would <br /> recommend the present requirements not be changed. <br /> The request is also to decrease the sign setback from <br /> the road right-of-way from 25 feet to 10 feet. <br /> The present 25-foot setback is more than setback <br /> requirements of Durham and Wake Counties, which permit a <br /> 10' setback. The Department recommends that a 10' <br /> setback be permitted along the frontage of interior <br /> streets created within the subdivision. It is <br /> recommended that signs along the perimeter streets <br /> maintain the current 25' setback. <br /> Also, a change is requested to increase the total square <br /> footage for all signs from 100 square feet to 120 square <br /> feet. <br /> The area used to compute square footage for signs is <br /> defined in Article 9.10 of the Zoning Ordinance and <br /> includes the face of the sign but does not include <br /> supporting framework. The Department does not recommend <br /> an increase in the permitted square footage. <br /> A change is also requested to allow one entrance sign <br /> for industrial developments. <br /> Corner lots on which entrance signs are placed are <br /> disadvantaged in that the sign area allotment for that <br /> lot is totally or partially used for a sign benefiting <br /> the entire development. The Department recommends that <br /> an entrance sign with a maximum area of 100 square feet <br /> be permitted. It is also recommended that the setback <br /> be reduced from 25' to 10' from the right-of-way is the <br /> sign is no more that 6' in height (as measured from the <br /> ground) . <br /> It is also recommended that the entrance sign provisions <br /> also apply to office and commercial developments. <br /> Pursuant to an amendment to Article 6.8 of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance (Visibility at intersections) approved on <br /> October 3, 1988, setbacks for signs and other structures <br /> are to be measured from the edge of the sight triangle <br /> at all road intersections. It is also required that the <br /> area of sight triangles be included in the dedicated <br /> right-of-way. A recent amendment changed the dimensions <br /> the legs of the sight triangle from 25' x 25' , to 10' x <br /> 70' . <br /> Article 9.2 a) of the Zoning Ordinance also references <br /> sight triangles as they apply to the location of signs. <br /> In order to be consistent with Article 6.8, the diagram <br /> in Section 9.2.a which illustrates the sight triangle <br />