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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.12: Signs <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-84 <br /> <br />follows: <br /> (a) Single or double-faced signs shall not exceed 32 square feet in area, per <br />sign face except for parcels zoned CC-3, GC-4, O/I, I-2, I-3, AS, and <br />MPD-CZ that: <br />(i) Are larger than 40,000 square feet in area, and <br />(ii) Have more than 300 feet of linear frontage along a NC <br />Department of Transportation (NC DOT) maintained roadway. <br /> In these instances signs shall not exceed 64 square feet in area per sign <br />face. 10 <br />(b) For parcels within Economic Development district(s), allowable sign area <br />shall be in accordance with Section 6.12.14 of this Ordinance. 11 <br />(b)(c) Three-dimensional signs shall not exceed a maximum volume of 54 <br />cubic feet with no dimension exceeding six feet. <br /> <br />Figure 6.12.12.A.6: Three-Dimensional Sign Allowable Volume <br /> <br /> <br />NOTE: L x W x H may not exceed 54 cubic feet with no dimension exceeding 6 feet. <br />(7) An on-premise commercial sign may contain a changeable copy sign as defined <br />in this Ordinance. However, the total sign area, including the area of changeable <br />copy, shall not exceed the maximum allowable area established in Section <br />6.12.12(A)(6)(a) above. <br />(8) No on-premise commercial sign shall be oriented is such a manner as to be <br />directly visible from a major transportation corridor as established in this <br />Ordinance. <br /> <br />10 This would only allow larger signs on property located in the ‘urban’ areas of the County (i.e, along US <br />Highway 70, the Efland-Mebane-Buckhorn area, Hillsborough and Eno EDD’s) and would not include <br />rural nodes (i.e. Rural Neighborhood, Industrial, etc.).  The typical width of a non-residential general use <br />zoning district (i.e. amount of road frontage) is approximately 75 feet. A larger sign shall only be allowed <br />if the project is located within an identified Activity Node, where we encourage large-scale non-residential <br />development, and the lot has sufficient road frontage to accommodate a larger sign yet be proportional to <br />the property.  <br />11 We are establishing the necessary reference(s) to the provisions of the UDO regulating allowable sign <br />area within our various Economic Development districts. <br /> 15