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Aberdeen adopts revised freestanding sign rules, standardizing heights and requiring landscaping
Summary
The Town of Aberdeen approved TA-24-05 to simplify freestanding sign rules: consistent base landscaping (50 sq ft with evergreen and perennial mix) and a framework allowing some pole/pylon signs up to 20 feet with base of signboard at 10 feet; planning staff cited state statute 160D-912.1 regarding relocated signs.
The Town of Aberdeen voted to adopt text amendment TA-24-05, revising the Unified Development Ordinance section on freestanding signage to simplify height rules and add consistent landscaping requirements at sign bases.
Planning staff walked the board through the history of the change: before the 2020 UDO many business signs had 20-foot heights, while the current ordinance linked sign heights to zoning districts and produced inconsistent heights along corridors. The draft amendment ultimately proposed uniform landscaping (50 square feet at the base of permanent freestanding signs, 50% evergreen and 50% perennials) and a set of…
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