Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance - June 2017

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.16. Signage 5.16.3. General Sign Standards

Any moving sign or device to attract attention, all or any part of which moves by any means, including floating, fluttering, rotating, or otherwise moving devices, set in motion by movement of the atmosphere or by mechanical, electrical, or any other means including, but not limited to, pennants, flags, propellers, balloons or discs, whether or not any device has a written message; Any flashing sign or device displaying flashing or intermittent lights or lights of changing degrees of intensity; Any permanent illuminated tubing or strings of lights outlining property lines, open sales areas, rooflines, doors, windows, edges of any building, and fencing; Any sign that obstructs or substantially interferes with any window, door, fire escape, stairway, ladder, or opening intended to provide light, air, ingress or egress for any building; Any portable sign, including any sign painted on or displayed on vehicles or trailers placed or parked in such a manner as to be used primarily for the purpose of advertising a business, but not including signs painted or displayed on vehicles and used solely to identify the owner, business, agency, or activity for which the vehicle is regularly used for transportation, service, or delivery purposes;

Any sign that is a copy or imitation of an official sign or purports to have official status;

Any temporary sign or banner except as specifically permitted in Section 5.16.6, Standards for Temporary Signs;

Any sign within 100 feet of a controlled-access right-of-way;

Any sign emitting sound and/or smoke to attract attention;

Persons holding, spinning, tossing, waving, or moving any device used as advertising signage;

Use of vegetation as signs for advertising;

A series of two or more signs placed in a line or in a similar fashion, part of which is carrying advertising, messages, or products; Any sign, whether permanent or temporary, that is attached, tied, or affixed to benches, bus stop shelters, planters, utility poles, traffic sign poles, refuse containers, rocks, trees, or bushes—unless permitted as a light pole banner sign (see Section 5.16.6.A.5, Light Pole Banner Signs);

A political sign larger than 864 square inches;

A political sign higher than 42 inches, measured at the adjacent ground level;

A non-self-supporting political sign; and

Any political sign on Town property unless the sign is allowed per Section 5.16.2.C, Signs Not Requiring a Sign Permit.

(Ord. No. 2017-006, 03/28/2017)

5.16.3. General Sign Standards

A. Off-Premise Signs Not Allowed No sign shall be permitted that directs attention to any business, profession, service entertainment, product, or activity located on any premises other than the premises where the sign is located, unless specifically allowed in Section 5.16.6, Standards for Temporary Signs.

B. Signs in Rights-of-Way

No sign or sign-related structure shall be erected, constructed, or maintained in any State- maintained right-of-way except in accordance with N.C.G.S. 136-32.

Morrisville, NC

June 23, 2017

Unified Development Ordinance

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