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The
following signs shall
be exempt from regulation under this chapter:
(A) Any official or public notice or warning required by a valid and applicable federal, state or local law, regulation or chapter, by a public utility company or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(B) Traffic signs on private property, such as Stop, Yield and similar signs, which meet Department of Transportation standards and contain no commercial message;
(C) Any sign inside a building, not attached to a window or door, that is not visible from off the site on which it is located;
(D) Any sign inside an athletic field or other enclosed outdoor space, where the sign is not legible from more than three feet beyond the lot line of the site on which it is located;
(E) Works of art with no commercial
message, except for approved murals in the
(F)
(G) Temporary signage erected as part a Town-recognized event (see Section 5.4).
(H) Signs erected on behalf of a governmental or quasi-governmental agency, including but not limited to governmental offices and transit stations, for the purpose of site identification, to identify public property, convey public information and to direct or regulate pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
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PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION
§ If
a sign is
inside a building and
cannot be seen by a person of
ordinary eyesight who is outside the building,
it is exempt from regulation under this section; or
§ If
a sign is
inside an athletic field or other enclosed outdoor space and cannot
be seen by a person of
ordinary eyesight who is outside the field or other enclosed space,
it is exempt from regulation under this section; or
§ If
a sign is
inside a breezeway or entranceway, under the roof and within the
foundation line of the building but
outside the actual entrance door, and such sign cannot
be seen by a person of
ordinary eyesight who is not under the roof of the building or
is otherwise outside the building,
it is exempt from regulation under this section; or
§ If
a sign inside
a building or
athletic field is visible from outside the building or
athletic field, if there are no words or commercial
message (such as logo or
illustration related to a commercial enterprise operated on the premises)
that can be read or understood by a person of
ordinary eyesight standing outside the building or
other enclosed space, it is exempt from regulation under this
section; or
§ If
a sign inside
a building or
athletic field is visible from outside the building or
athletic field and it can be read by a person of
ordinary eyesight from outside the building or
enclosed space but cannot be read by such person from
the public right-of-way or
from other private property or
from any parking lot (in
the case of shopping centers), then it shall be exempt from
regulation under this section; or
§ A
sign inside
a building or
athletic field that can be read or understood by a person of
ordinary eyesight standing on public right-of-way,
other private property or,
in the case of multi-occupancy property,
on any parking lot or
in any driving lane, shall be subject to regulation under this
section; or § Any object that meets the definition of sign in this Ordinance shall be considered a sign and shall not be exempt from regulation, notwithstanding the fact that its principal purpose is other than communicating a message; examples include vending machines with “super-graphics” that can be read off the property, as well as logos and signs on gas pumps or other equipment used in the sale or delivery of goods or services. |
Cary, NC Land Development Ordinance On-line VIC Version - This site last updated 3/4/2008
Note: This is not the official version of the Cary Land Development Ordinance