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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.12: Signs Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-83 (B) Signs, except for off-premises signs allowed under this Section, advertising an activity, business, product or service no longer conducted on the premises upon which the sign is located. Such signage shall be removed within 90 days from the date of termination of such activity. Upon failure of the owner to remove such signs within the prescribed time, the Planning Director shall take appropriate legal action to have such sign removed;11 (C) Flashing, blinking, pulsating, signs or signs with moving parts except for signs showing time of day and temperature that are part of an approved sign advertising a permitted business activity on a parcel of property;12 (D) Signs with electronic moveable copy, scrolling messages, or other similar electronic displays designed to chage display more than once an hour or a maximum of 8 times in a 24 hour period;13 (E) Signs, other than traffic, governmental, street name signs, political signs erected in accordance with State law, or other official governmental or public agency signs, shall not be permitted within any street private street right-of-way;14 (F) Roof signs; (G) Snipe signs;12 (H)(G) Beacon lights, animated signs, and trailer signs and snipe signs;12 (I)(H) Portable signs, unless approved for a special event in accordance with Section 6.12.11(D)13(C);15 (J)(I) Signs supported in whole or in part by water, gas, air, or could otherwise be designated as inflatable signs; Individuals erecting an inflatable sign shall be subject to an immediate notice of violation and shall be required to remove the sign within the time frame it would normally take to deflate the sign, unless approved for a special event in accordance with Section 6.12.11(D)13 (C);15 (K)(J) Signs mounted on a single pole or mast; (L) Signs that contain rotating sign panels or objects;16 (M)(K) Signs that obstruct ingress and egress to any door, window, fire escape, stairway, ladder, or other opening intended to provide light, air, ingress, or egress for any room or building; and (N)(L) Signs that violate any provision of any law of the State of North Carolina relative to outdoor advertising. (O)(M) Signs erected on telecommunication facilities or support structures other than those required by local, State, or Federal law.17 11 Language within the highlighted section is still being evaluated. 12 In consultation with the County Attorney we are eliminating language that could be construed as establishing prohibitions or allowances based on a signs content. 13 Staff is proposing a universal standard for what constitutes electronic changeable copy to ensure proper enforcement. In reviewing the standard with the Attorney’s office there does not appear to be concern over establishing limits on the number of times in a given day the display can change. 14 As we have no authority to regulate signage within NC DOT rights‐of‐ways we are amending the language within this section accordingly. 15 Regulations governing special event displays has been moved. This is the new section reference. 16 Staff is recommending this provision be deleted as it is redundant given the wording of Section 6.12.6 (C). 17 From time to time staff receives requests to allow signage on telecommunication facilities. To date we have forbidden such placement. We are including language within the UDO formalizing this prohibition. 26 26