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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.12: Signs <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-99 <br /> <br />(iv) All directional signs shall be ground mounted signs not <br />exceeding seven feet in height. <br />(v) All directional signs shall be located a minimum of five feet from <br />any active recreational activity field or one feet from any <br />established nature or man-made trail, and shall be set back a <br />minimum of ten feet from all property lines, <br />(f) Scoreboards <br /> One scoreboard, not to exceed 144 square feet, shall be <br />permitted for each athletic field and shall not be counted as part <br />of the cumulative sign allotment for the park. <br />(G) Golf Course <br />(1) Regardless of location a Golf Course shall have a cumulative sign allotment limit <br />of 320 square feet further restricted as follows <br />(a) Freestanding or ground monument signage shall not exceed 32 square <br />feet in area. <br />(b) Ground monument signage shall not exceed six feet in height from <br />finished grade. Freestanding signage shall comply with the height <br />requirements as detailed herein. <br />(c) Only one freestanding or ground monument sign shall be permitted. <br />(d) All other signage shall not exceed 12 square feet in area. <br />(i)(e) <br />6.12.14 Additional Standards for Economic Development Districts <br />In addition to the overall sign standards established herein, the following specific standards shall <br />apply in the Economic Development Districts: <br />(A) General Standards <br />(1) A sign plan must be submitted and approved as part of the comprehensive site <br />plan or master plan.39 <br />(2) For multiple use sites or buildings, unified directional/informational signs and the <br />use of coordinated individual wall signs is the preferred approach to business <br />identification.40 <br />Sign colors must not be overpowering but must accent the building which the <br />sign identifies or on which it is mounted.41 <br />(3) The light from an illuminated sign must not be permitted to shine into any road <br />right-of-way or across property lines. 42 <br />(4)(1) In addition to the prohibited signs in Section 6.12.6, the following types of signs <br />are specifically prohibited for location within the individual Economic <br />Development Districts: off premises advertising signs, billboardsoutdoor <br />advertising43, inflatable, and portable signs. <br /> <br />39 Already required for all sign permits – see Section 6.12.3 General Requirements of the UDO.  <br />40 As this regulation is content based, meaning staff will have to read the sign to determine how it should be  <br />classified and regulated, the provision is not longer viable based on recent court rulings.   <br />41 The regulation is being recommended for deletion due to its nebulous and subjective nature.  <br />42 The prohibition already exists within the general standards of the UDO.  <br />43 Outdoor advertising is now the ‘defined’ term within the UDO referencing a billboard.  Staff is changing the  <br />language to be consistent with its reference.  <br /> 53