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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-43 <br /> <br />(a) There shall be no more than one double faced sign per park entrance <br />announcing the name of the mobile home park, limited to 16 square feet <br />in area with the top of such sign no higher than ten feet above ground <br />level. In addition to the name of the mobile home park, such signs shall <br />identify the name of the park owner/manager and his or her phone <br />number.1 <br />(b)(a) Any sign erected on-site shall comply with the standards established in <br />Section 6.12 of this Ordinance. <br />(c)(b) Traffic control signs (stop, yield, speed limit, children playing signs, etc.) <br />meeting the standards of the Uniform Traffic Control Manual shall be <br />placed throughout the mobile home park where necessary. Cul-de-sacs <br />shall have ‘Dead End’ street signs erected at the entrance to such <br />streets. <br />(8) Street Names, Signs & Unit Numbering <br />(a) All street names shall be approved by the Orange County Planning <br />Department and street signs shall be constructed to Orange County <br />standards. All street signs must be installed outside the right-of-way at <br />all intersections. <br />(b) Each applicant must submit to the Planning Department for approval a <br />mobile home space numbering/location system for the park, based on <br />the equal interval house numbering system employed by Orange County. <br />Upon approval of the mobile home park, the applicant shall submit an <br />approved copy of the space numbering/location system to the <br />emergency services/fire protection agency responsible for providing such <br />services to the Mobile Home Park. <br />(c) Each mobile home stand space shall have a permanent site number sign <br />consistent with the following: <br />(i) The site number sign shall be composed of reflective materials <br />or contrasting colors, <br />(ii) The number on the sign shall be at least six inches or greater in <br />height, <br />(iii) The sign shall be affixed to the mobile home when the unit is <br />placed on the stand space, at a point six feet or more above <br />ground level, and <br />(iv) The number on the sign shall match that number assigned to the <br />space on the approved space numbering/location system plan. <br />(9) Grounds and Buildings <br />(a) The grounds of a mobile home park shall be maintained free of litter, <br />debris and trash, including but not limited to abandoned appliances, <br />automobiles, building materials or similar materials. <br />(b) Grounds, buildings and storage areas within the mobile home park shall <br />be maintained to prevent the growth of ragweed, poison ivy, poison oak <br />and other noxious weeds. <br />(10) Mail Facilities <br /> <br />1 There are already regulations governing the erection of mobile home park identification signs in Section 6.12.11.   <br />The language in subsection (a) is superfluous and is being eliminated.  <br /> 100