Morrisville UDO - June 2017 version

Article 5: Development Standards

Section 5.16. Signage

5.16.4. Standards for Specific Sign Types

Morrisville, NC

June 23, 2017

Unified Development Ordinance

Page 5-155

Table

5.16.4: Standards for Specific Sign Types

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

Use:

Institu-

tional

Office

All

Other

Institu-

tional

Office All Other

All

Institu

-tional

Office

Shopping Center

[3]

All

Other

All

Max. Height

10 ft

10 ft 10 ft 10 ft 10 ft

15 ft

10 ft 10 ft n/a

n/a

Max. Wall

Coverage

30% of building or tenant facade wall where the sign is affixed

a. Signs shall not extend more than 12 inches from a building wall and shall be placed flat against the wall so that any sign message reads

parallel with the wall.

b. No sign shall be placed on a roof, or project above a roofline, unless the projection is no more than 50 percent above the deck of a flat

roof when installed on a parapet wall.

c. Signs placed on a nonresidential canopy cannot extend below the underside of the canopy.

Projection Fascia Signs

[6]

Max. Number [5]

1 per building

2 per single tenant building

or 1 per tenant in multi-

tenant building [4]

n/a

2 per single tenant building or 1 per

tenant in multi-tenant building [4]

1 per

building

Max. Area per

Sign Face

16 sf

12 sf

1 sf per lf of building

frontage

2 sf per lf of building frontage

2 sf per lf

of building

frontage

Max. Height

12 ft

15 ft

Min. Clearance

8 ft

Max. Projection

from Building

4 ft

a. No sign shall be placed on a roof or project above the roofline unless the projection is no more than 50 percent above the deck of a flat

roof when installed on a parapet wall.

b. Projection signs shall not swing.

c. In the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Main Street (MS) Districts, projection signs may project into the public right-of-way (over

the sidewalk).

d. No sign shall be placed on a roof, project above a parapet wall or an architectural feature, and/or project more than 50 percent above

the deck of a flat roof when installed on a parapet wall.