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 Code of Ordinances
 Appendix E. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE
 Article 8. SIGNS

  § 8.6. PROHIBITED SIGNS  

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  • The following signs are prohibited in all Zoning Districts:

    8.6.1. Signs Located within the Site Triangle

    Signs may not be located within a required clear site triangle (Section 6.13.4).

    8.6.2. Signs Obstructing View

    Signs may not obstruct the view of pedestrians, bicyclists and or motorists using any street or approaching any street intersection. Signs interfering with the effectiveness of or obscuring any traffic sign, device, or signal shall be prohibited. Any sign located in such a way as to deny a visual access to an existing sign.

    8.6.3. Moving Signs

    Signs, other than government and public educational facility signs, which contain oscillating, fluctuating, flashing or blinking lights, rotating disks, words and other devices not erected by a public authority which may be erroneously construed as government signs or emergency warning signs. An example of this is a sign which contains a picture of a traffic sign plus the word "Stop, "Yield", etc.

    8.6.4. Signs Obstructing Pedestrian Traffic

    Any sign located outdoors which interferes with free passage from or obstructs any fire escape, downspout, window, door, stairway, ladder, or opening intended as a means of ingress or egress or providing light or air.

    8.6.5. Signs Located on a Street or Right-Of-Way

    Any sign (other than a government sign) placed on any curb, sidewalk, post, pole, hydrant, bridge, tree, or other surface and located in, over, or across any public street or right-of-way.

    8.6.6. Animated or Motion Signs

    Flashing signs, signs with flashing or reflective disks, flashing lights or lights of changing degree of intensity or color or signs with electrically scrolled messages. Government and public educational facility signs and portions of a sign that display time and/or temperature shall be exempt from this prohibition provided such signs are in conformance with all other applicable requirements.

    8.6.7. Temporary, Nonpermanent Signs

    Temporary, nonpermanent signs, including over-head streamers, are not permitted in any zoning district, unless otherwise specified in these regulations.

    8.6.8. Portable or Moveable Signs

    A sign that is not permanently attached to the ground, a structure, or a building that can easily be moved from one location or another. (For example, a sign on wheels.)

    8.6.9. Scenic Corridor Off-Premise Signs

    Off-premise signs designed to be visible from a road designated as a Scenic Byway by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

    8.6.10. Roof Signs

    A sign erected or maintained in whole or in part upon or over the roof or parapet of a building; except that signs may be placed on the side of mansard roofs but shall not extend above the roof line.

    8.6.11. Illegal Activity

    Signs that display or advertise an illegal activity in North Carolina.

    8.6.12. Windblown or Inflated Signs

    Fluttering, spinning, windblown or inflated devices including pennants, propeller discs, flags or banners which do not conform with the requirements of this Ordinance.