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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.13: Stream Buffers <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-100 <br /> <br />Total sign area shall be limited to 500 square feet for all signs permitted herein, not <br />including Directional Signage erected in accordance with the provisions of this Section. <br />(G)(C) Basic Sign Design Schedule forSpecific Sign Standarads - Hillsborough EDD <br />The following design schedule has been approved for the Hillsborough EDD: <br />TABLE 6.12.14.G: HILLSBOROUGH EDD SIGN DESIGN SCHEDULE <br />SIZE OF DEVELOPMENT <br />(ACRES) <br />MAXIMUM SYMBOL OR LETTER HEIGHTS (INCHES) GROUND OR <br />MONUMENT <br />SIGNS <br />(SQ. FT.) <br />SIGN HEIGHT <br />(FEET) FASCIA LETTER <br />SIZE BORDER MONUMENT LETTER <br />SIZE <br />0 - 4.9 24 6 18 50 6 <br />5.0 – 19.9 30 9 24 100 8 <br />Over 20 36 12 36 150 10 <br />(Dev. Name) <br />Major Tenants 72 24 - - - <br />Additional <br />Information 24 6 <br />Wall Signs <br />32 square feet of wall sign allowed per tenant unless building façade exceeds 64’ wide. For <br />frontages exceeding 64’, ½ square foot of building frontage. No wall shall exceed 100 square <br />feet. <br /> <br />SECTION 6.13: STREAM BUFFERS <br />6.13.1 Purpose <br />The purpose of the regulations included in this Section is to protect County water resources by <br />establishing minimum buffers adjacent to streams, rivers, water bodies and other water features <br />and limiting development and other land disturbing activities within those buffers. <br />6.13.2 Applicability <br />The stream buffer regulations and standards contained herein shall be applicable to all streams <br />and water features, as follows: <br />(A) Streams identified by any of the following means: <br />(1) Shown as solid blue lines or as broken blue lines on the USGS Quadrangle <br />maps, <br />(2) Shown as water feature in the Orange County Soil Survey, or <br />(3) A water feature identified by a field determination of County staff trained in <br />surface water identification through the North Carolina Division of Water Quality <br />(NCDWQ). <br />(B) Steam buffers shall extend around the perimeter of all water features if any portion of the <br />stream buffer of a stream touches the water feature. Disputes pertaining to water feature <br />decisions by County staff shall be filed directly to the NCDWQ. <br />6.13.3 Calculating Width of Stream Buffer <br />(A) Special Flood Hazard Area Zoning Overlay Districts & FEMA Floodplains <br />(1) Those streams identified by FEMA as having floodplains shall have stream <br />buffers calculated from the outside edges of the 100-year floodplain. <br />(B) Calculating Slope Value <br />(1) Draw 250’ length perpendicular lines, at 200-foot horizontal intervals along the <br />entire length of the outside edges of the stream, or the outer edge of the FEMA <br />floodplain, whichever is greater. <br /> 43 43