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Article 5: Development Standards
Section 5.16. Signage
5.16.4. Standards for Specific Sign Types
June 23, 2017 Morrisville, NC
Page 5-154 Unified Development Ordinance
No sign or sign-related structure regulated under this ordinance shall be erected, constructed, or
maintained in any Town-maintained right-of-way, except for the following:
a. Political signs in accordance with Sectio
b. Off-site directional signs in accordance with Sectio
c. Light pole banner signs in accordance with
d. Temporary directional signs to residential developments in accordance with Section
and
e. Ground signs located within a median of a divided road with approval from the Morrisville
Board of Adjustment, provided the maximum height of such signs is 42 inches.
C. Obstruction of Sight Distance
Signs shall not be located in and/or obstruct any driveway, road, or alley sight distance triangle.
5.16.4. Standards for Specific Sign Types
All signs except special purpose signs (see Section and temporary signs (see Section shall
comply with the standards in Table applicable to the type of
sign, based on the zoning district in which the sign is located and/or the use classification or type of the
principal use that the sign is identifying.
Table
Base/Conditional Districts
Zoning
District:
PGO, VLDR, LDR, MDR,
HDR, TCR, RT, RNP
NAC, TOD, MS [1] HCV [2] BAC, CAC, RAC, TCC, CC, OI IM
Use:
Institu-
tional
Office
All
Other
Institu-
tional
Office All Other All
Institu
-tional
Office
Shopping Center
[3]
All
Other
All
A. Ground-Mounted Signs
Max. Number 1 per lot 1 per lot 1 per lot 1 per lot
1 along each
thoroughfare or
collector road
adjacent to the
development
1 per lot 1 per lot
Max. Area per
Sign Face
16 sf 16 sf 12 sf 32 sf 12 sf 24 sf 4 sf 32 sf 32 sf 64 sf 32 sf 32 sf
Max. Height 10 ft 5 ft 5 ft 15 ft 5 ft 15 ft 6 ft 15 ft 15 ft 15 ft 15 ft 15 ft
a. Sign height shall be measured from the finished grade of the ground to the top of the sign structure.
b. All ground signs shall be secured to the ground so as not to create a public safety hazard and meet all NC Building Code requirements.
c. Both sides of a two-sided sign shall be identical.
d. If more than one ground sign is permitted, no more than one sign is permitted on each road; except that one of the permitted signs can be
located at the intersection.
B. Wall-Mounted Fascia Signs [6]
Max. Number [5] 1 per building
2 per single tenant building
or 1 per tenant in multi-
tenant building [4]
1 per
building
2 per single tenant building or 1 per
tenant in multi-tenant building [4]
1 per
building
Max. Area per
Sign Face
16 sf 16 sf 12 sf
1 sf per lf of building
frontage
16 sf 2 sf per lf of building frontage
2 sf per lf
of building
frontage