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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br /> <br />(1) In addition to the requirements in Section 6.5 (Architectural Design Standards), <br />the national prototype architectural styles of the external design of chain <br />businesses shall be altered as necessary to complement the surrounding area <br />should consider and complement the existing community character.31 <br />(2) Drive-through facilities on non-residential uses are allowable in this area.32 <br />(D) Signage <br />(1) Signage shall conform to requirements within Section 6.12 of this Ordinance <br />unless in conflict with this subsection, in which case the requirements of this <br />subsection shall apply. <br />(2) The sign area of signs may be up to 64 square feet in size.33 <br />6.6.4 Efland Village <br />(A) Circulation and Connectivity34 <br />(1) Shared Driveways/Access for Properties Fronting on U.S. Highway 70 <br />(a) In order to manage access minimize the number of driveway curb cuts <br />on U.S. Highway 70, thereby improving traffic flow and safety, <br />developments subject to this Section, fronting on U.S. Highway 70, and <br />located contiguous to one another shall provide shared <br />driveways/access whenever feasible, as determined during site plan <br />review. <br />(i) Owners of contiguous parcels subject to this Section shall <br />execute reciprocal easement agreements between the separate <br />property owners and have the same recorded in the Office of the <br />Orange County Register of Deeds prior to the issuance of a <br />Zoning Compliance Permit. The easement agreement shall be <br />sufficient to allow for the development of a private service road <br />or driveway to channel access from Mount Willing Road to each <br />property. Figure 6.6.2.A.3 shows an example of the shared <br />access. Methods to achieve shared driveways/access may <br />include reciprocal easement agreements among property <br />owners, reservation of future access easements on property <br />being developed, or other methods determined during site plan <br />review. <br />(ii) Developments subject to this Section, fronting on Mount Willing <br />Road, and not contiguous to other similarly situated development <br />shall be required to designate stub outs to adjoining properties <br />on the site plan so that shared access can be developed if and <br />when the adjacent property is developed in either a manner <br />which subjects it to this Section or if individual curb cut for a <br />single-family detached residential land use is deemed to be a <br />traffic safety hazard by the County and NCDOT. The location of <br />shared driveways shall be determined during site plan review. <br />Shared driveways do not necessarily need to be located at the <br />31 This language is suggested in order to ensure that any proposed “chain architecture” will blend better with the <br />surrounding area. <br />32 The Efland Area Resident Group has suggested that drive-throughs should be allowed in both proposed overlay <br />districts, in accordance with existing County regulations. Therefore, it is redundant to state that drive-throughs are <br />allowed in the Efland Interstate overlay district. 33 The Efland Area Resident Group reviewed existing sign regulations and believed they are sufficient for the <br />Interstate Overlay district except that signs should be allowed to be larger than existing regulations allow (existing <br />regulations allow signs up to 32 square feet). 34 Please see footnoted explanations for the Efland Interstate overlay district as they apply to this section as well. <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-34 <br /> <br /> <br />36