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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.12: Signs <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-76 <br /> <br />conform to the current ordinance, must be removed immediately. <br />(3) Any flag or flagpole which is altered, relocated, or replaced, must be <br />immediately brought into compliance with all provisions of this code. <br />(4) Depictions of flags, when placed on structures, shall comply with the <br />remaining provisions of this Section.9 <br />6.12.4 Determination of Sign Area <br />(A) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the area of display surface of a sign shall be <br />computed as including the entire area visible from any one point, within a regular <br />geometric from or combination or forms, comprising all of the display area of the surface <br />and including all of the elements within the display area and the sign frame, including the <br />lattice work, frame, border molding, lettering and display area incidental to the sign’s <br />decoration. This does not include structural members or other support mechanisms not <br />bearing advertisement material. <br />(B) In the case of wall-mounted signs without a border or frame, the surface area shall <br />include such reasonable and proportionate space as would be required if a border or <br />frame were used: <br />(C) Examples: <br /> <br />Figure 6.12.4: Sign Size Measurement <br /> <br /> <br />All three of these signs would have the same size sign face, as measured by the smallest rectangle <br />encompassing the outer limits <br />6.12.5 Exempt SignsAuthorized Signs <br />The following permitted signs are considered exempt and do not require the issuance of a Zoning <br />Compliance Permitauthorized under the provisions of Section 6.12.3 (A) (2) and are permitted in <br />every zoning district: <br />(A) Signs erected by a governmental agency to regulate, control, or direct vehicular or <br />pedestrian traffic; <br />(B) Legal notices, warnings, regulatory or informational signs erected, or required, by a public <br />agency to ensure the public health, safety, or general welfare; <br />(C) Signs required by law;10 <br />(D)(C) “No trespassing” signs, not exceeding six square feet in areaWhere a local, State, or <br />Federal law requires a property owner to post a sign on their property to warn of a danger <br />or to prohibit access, the owner shall comply with said law to exercise that authority; 11 <br />9RedBoldUnderlinedtextisexistingregulationsmovedfromSection6.12.12(A). <br />10Movedundersubsection(B)above. <br /> 7