(A) Size specifications. A sign not exceeding 32 square feet in area and 6 feet in height with indirect lighting shall be permitted. No animated, flashing or moving signs will be permitted. The sign must be clearly legible from 150 feet and shall not incorporate script in lieu of numbers. If illuminated, signs parallel to the road shall be lighted from the front side only and if perpendicular may be lighted from both sides. No lighting shall be directed toward the road.
(B) Sign maintenance. Provisions for the maintenance of an identification sign, lighting equipment and landscaping shall be included in Home Owners Association Documents (see § 155.108) and submitted as part of the plat for approval of a subdivision.
(C) DOT standards. All subdivision identification signs shall also conform to the NCDOT Subdivision Roads, Minimum Construction Standards. “The Division of Highways will review requests to erect subdivision name markers on an individual basis. The name markers may be allowed to be located within the State Highway System Secondary Road Rights-of-Way at the beginning of a subdivision road, provided the location of such is outside the line of sight and the normal maintenance limits. The name markers will be approved only at locations which will not sacrifice safety to the general traveling public. Approval to erect subdivision name markers will be with the following understanding.”
(1) All costs will be the responsibility of the requestor.
(2) The North Carolina Division of Highways will not maintain the marker or the area around the marker.
(3) The markers will be removed if not properly maintained.
(4) The Division Engineer may allow the subdivision name markers on secondary road rights-of-way after review on an individual basis.
(Ord. passed 6-7-2004, § 415) Penalty, see § 10.99