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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0594 (2)5. All driveway entrances with direct access onto a thoroughfare that lies within an RPO and which must have an approved NCDOT driveway permit must be paved to NCDOT standards from the edge of the existing roadway pavement to the existing right-of-way limit on the interior of the property. Signs. 1. One free-standing identification sign per lot (or multi -tenant development) sbali be allowed. The maximum height of a free-standing sign shall be fifteen (15) feet. The maximum area of all free-standing signs shall be seventy-two (72) square feet unless a lower sign height and/or a smaller sign area is required for the underlying zoning district. In such case the more stringent height and/or size requirements shall apply. — In the event that a parcel has frontage on more than one public road an identification sign shall be permitted for each road frontage The maximum area for each additional sign shall be fifty (50) square feet All additional signs shall meet the standards listed above concerninghei ht and underlying district requirements. - Furthermore wall signage will be allowed and shall not exceed 100 square feet. 2. All free-standing signs must be at least ten (10) feet from the right -of way line. 3. Billboard signs, off -premise advertising signs, temporary signs (including real estate signs), portable signs and moveable signs are prohibited. G. Outdoor Lighting Standards. Outdoor lighting shall not exceed 6 -foot candles measured at ground level at My point within the property, and shall be installed in such a manner that the source of light (the bulb) is shielded and not visible from adjacent roadways. All lighting shall be directed inward in such a manner so as not to —--- — produce glare onto adjacent property and so that the property -primary cone o f illumination does not extend be and the lines. H. Landscaping. 1. Any chain link or similar fencing visible from the street must be screened at least ninety (90) percent opaque from the ground to a height of at least six -(6) feet as per Section 12.1 of the Iredell County Zonis Ordinance. 2. Commercial parking lots must be screened from the roadway -mat -least ninety (90) percent opaque from the ground to a height of at least ion 41 feet as per Section 12.1. This provision may be omitted if it is accom Iished by #1 above. A landscaped roadway yard shall be provided by each use subject to this requirement. The requirement for a landscaped roadway yard shall be initiated by the occurrence of the same activities as set forth in Section 12.1. A landscaped roadway yard is a landscaped area parallel to the public roadway designed to provide continuity of vegetation along the right-of-way and a pleasing view from the road. The landscaped area shall be penetrated only by driveways and crosswalks. The minimum width of the roadway yard shall be fifteen (15) feet measured from and parallel to the public road right-of-way, or future right-of-way as designated by the Iredell County Thoroughfare Pian, whichever is most restrictive. It shall be landscaped and maintained with a vegetative cover and shall be planted with small and/or medium shrubs at a rate of fifteen (15) per one hundred (100) linear feet of street yard not counting