Morrisville UDO - June 2017 version

Article 5: Development Standards

Section 5.16. Signage

5.16.4. Standards for Specific Sign Types

June 23, 2017

Morrisville, NC

Page 5-156

Unified Development Ordinance

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

Bracket-Mounted Signs [6]

Max. Number

n/a

1 per building or 1 per

tenant in multi-tenant

building

1 per

building

1 per or tenant in multi-tenant building

n/a

Max. Dimensions

3 ft long

2 ft high

3 ft long

1 ft high

5 ft long

2 ft high

Min. Clearance

8 ft

Max. Projection

from Building

4 ft

a. The bottom of the sign shall extend no more than 18 inches below the canopy or building overhang from which the sign hangs.

b. Bracket-mounted signs shall not swing.

c. The sign shall be placed directly adjacent to the main entrance to the business it serves.

Awning-Mounted Signs

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 16 sf 12 sf 64 sf 32 sf

1 sf per lf

of building

frontage

64 sf 32 sf

2 sf per lf of

building frontage

2 sf per

lf of

building

frontage

2 sf per lf

of building

frontage

Max. Height

3 ft above awning base

6 ft above awning base

8 ft above awning base

Max. Wall

Coverage

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

a. Awning-mounted signs shall be limited to awnings associated with the primary entrances on the ground floor of buildings.

b. Signage shall be:



Suspended under an awning, perpendicular to the wall to which the awning is attached; or



Mounted partially or entirely above the upper edge of the awning valence of an awning extending parallel to the ground, parallel

to the wall to which the awning is attached. (See illustration below.)

Marquee Signs [6]

Max. Number

n/a

1 per building

n/a

1 per building

n/a

Max. Area

32 sf

64 sf

Max. Height

12 ft

15 ft

Min. Clearance

8 ft