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5 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />~°nhtP °f pr <br />Comprehensive Planning ~~` * ,~ ' ~ 306E Revere Road <br />(919) 245-2589 ~7 ~ P O Box 8181 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAx) ,~ Hillsborough, <br />WWW.co.orange.nc.us °~f4 G~~°~i`' North Carolina, 27278 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Date: October 9, 2000 <br />To: John Link, County Manager <br />CC: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Gene Bell, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor <br />From: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner <br />Subject: Logo Signs (Specific Information Signing Program) <br />I am forwarding the following in response to the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners' request for information concerning the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation (NCDOT) Specific Information Signing Program. <br />The Specific Information Signing Program provides eligible businesses with the <br />opportunity to be listed on official signs within the right-of--way of fully controlled access <br />highways. Specifics of the program, which is managed by the Traffic Engineering <br />Branch of NCDOT Division of Highways, are given in North Carolina Administrative <br />Code, TitIe19A Chapter 02E.0216 through 02E.0223. <br />The program offers three types of signs for highway service businesses: mainline, ramp <br />and trailblazer signs. <br />Mainline panels are erected at the approach to interchanges for "CAMPING", <br />"LODGING", "FOOD" AND "GAS". No more than one mainline panel may be <br />erected for each type of service, and a maximum of six (6) specific business (logo) <br />signs may be installed on each type of mainline panel subject to spacing limitations. <br />A combination type panel is used when space does not permit all types of signs and <br />only two of each type of service is available at the location. If panels cannot be <br />erected because of spacing limitations, a supplemental service sign, which lists the <br />additional services available, may be erected below existing sign(s). <br />• Ramp panels (one for each type of motorist service) may be erected on each exit <br />ramp subject to spacing limitations. Where supplemental service signing is on the <br />mainline due to space limitations, a business may purchase logo panels on ramps. <br />