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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br /> <br />(1) Signage shall conform to all the requirements within Section 6.12 of this <br />Ordinance unless in conflict with this subsection, in which case the requirements <br />of this subsection shall apply.40 <br />(2) Only monument style signs that do not exceed six feet in height are permitted <br />within the Efland Village Overlay District. The height limit of signs is 15-feet, as <br />measured from the normal ground elevation below the sign. <br />(3) The sign area of signs may be up to 64 square feet in size. <br />(4) Digital signs shall not be permitted except as an incidental addition to a permitted <br />sign such as gas or the current time and/or temperature prices being displayed <br />digitally. <br />(5) Portable signs and banner signs are allowed only for special events and may be <br />displayed no sooner than 30 days prior to the event and must be removed within <br />7 days after conclusion of the event. <br />(6) New single pPole signs are not permitted. Single pole signs existing as of [date <br />of adoption] shall be considered conforming uses and may be replaced if they <br />are damaged or destroyed. <br />(F) Architectural Design Standards 41 <br />In addition to the requirements in Section 6.5 (Architectural Design Standards), the <br />following design standards shall apply: <br />(1) Corporate Franchise Architecture <br />(a) Under no circumstances shall modern corporate franchise building <br />design be permitted. <br />(b) Franchise or 'chain' businesses desiring to locate in the Efland Village <br />Overlay District shall be required to design the building in accordance <br />with these guidelines. <br />(c) For purposes of this Sub-Section, "modern corporate franchise building <br />design" means a building design that is trademarked, branded, or easily <br />identified with a particular chain or corporation and is ubiquitous in <br />nature. <br />The external design of chain businesses should consider and complement the <br />existing community character. <br />(2) The principal building shall be oriented facing towards the fronting street. <br />(3) Building Access <br />(a) A functional doorway for public or direct-entry access into a building shall <br />be provided from the fronting street. <br />(b) Additional entrances to a building may be provided. <br />(4) Human Scale and Fenestration <br />40 The Efland Area Resident Group reviewed existing sign regulations and have suggested the language shown in <br />green text for the Efland Village overlay district. <br />41 (1) through (3) and (5) and (6) are requirements in the ECOD which are also good practice for the Efland Village. <br />(4) is suggested in order to articulate that we are encouraging human scale architecture in the Efland Village overlay <br />district. The existing requirements in Section 6.5 basically implement this point but “human scale” is a more <br />modern term that will likely be recognizable to people in the development community. <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-37 <br /> <br /> <br />39