Morrisville Unified Development Ordinance_Sept 2023.1

Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.16. Signage 5.16.2. Applicability

b. Placement

(1) No political sign shall impede any sidewalk.

(2) No political sign shall obscure motorist visibility.

(3) A political sign shall be self-supporting.

(4) Except at street intersections, political signs for an individual candidate or issue shall be placed at least 500 feet apart.

Size

c.

(1) No sign shall be higher than 42 inches above the edge of the pavement of the road.

(2) No sign shall be larger than 864 square inches.

(Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2017-006, 03/28/2017)

D. Prohibited Signs

The following signs are prohibited:

1. Any sign located in any manner or place so as to constitute a hazard to traffic. 2. 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. 3. Any flashing sign or device displaying flashing or intermittent lights or lights of changing degrees of intensity. 4. Any permanent illuminated tubing or strings of lights outlining property lines, open sales areas, rooflines, doors, windows, edges of any building, or fencing. 6. Any sign that is a copy or imitation of an official sign or purports to have official status. 7. Any temporary sign or banner except as specifically permitted in section 5.16.5, Standards for Temporary Signs. 8. Any sign within 100 feet of a controlled-access right-of-way. 9. Any sign emitting sound, odor and/or smoke to attract attention. 10. Persons holding, spinning, tossing, waving, wearing, or moving any device used as advertising signage. 11. Use of vegetation as signs for advertising. 12. Pole signs, with the exception of Ground Sign Type C meeting the standards in section 5.16.5. 13. 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 5.16.5.D, Light Pole Banner Signs). 14. A political sign larger than 864 square inches. 15. A political sign higher than 42 inches, measured at the adjacent ground level. 16. Any political sign on Town property unless the sign is allowed per section 5.16.2.C, Signs Not Requiring a Sign Permit. 5. Vehicle signs.

17. A lighted sign cast onto a sidewalk.

Morrisville, NC

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Unified Development Ordinance

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