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C) Side setback on regular lots are setbacks running from the rear line of <br />the front setback to the front line of the rear setback. Depth of side <br />setbacks shall be measured perpendicular to the side lot line, so that <br />the required setback is a strip of the minimum depth prescribed by <br />district regulations. <br />Amended <br />10/3/88 Lot Subdivision A piece, parcel or plat of land created pursuant to the Orange <br />County Subdivision Regulations and shown as such on a recorded subdivision plat. <br />Amended <br />9/18101 Lot, Usable — The portion of a zoning lot unencumbered by stream buffers, drainage <br />easements, public and private rights -of -way, access easements, and transmission line <br />easements. Lot, Usable also excludes all areas within lots having slopes greater than <br />20 %, all bodies of water including, but not limited to, ponds, lakes, reservoirs and the <br />area within wildlife corridors (as defined in the Land Use Element of the Orange <br />County Comprehensive Plan) up to a maximum width of 150 feet total or the width of <br />the stream buffer, whichever is greater. <br />Amended <br />1013/88 Lot Zoning <br />Residential - A lot which complies with the dimensional requirements for the land use <br />intended for the zoning district in which it is to be located and which lot is either a lot of <br />record, a subdivision lot, or a lot created by a recorded subdivision plat not requiring <br />Orange County subdivision approval <br />Non - Residential - A lot which complies with the dimensional requirements for the land <br />use intended for the zoning district in which it is located. <br />When a zoning lot is divided by the recording of an approved subdivision plat or by the <br />recording of a subdivision plat not requiring Orange County subdivision approval, each <br />resulting lot is a zoning lot. <br />In cases where authorities empowered to exercise eminent domain, by purchase or <br />condemnation, create residual lots of lesser area, width or a combination thereof than <br />required in the district, such lots shall be treated as non - conforming lots and used as <br />permitted in Article 11 of this Ordinance (Non- conformities). <br />Amended <br />1/4/94 Low - Density Option - One of two approaches available for development in <br />watershed overlay districts. Generally, the low- density option relies on density and <br />impervious surface limits to minimize the risk of water pollution. <br />Amended <br />3/18/86 Mail Order House - Establishment primarily engaged in the retail sale of products by <br />catalog and mail- order, and including catalog and order - taking offices. <br />Amended <br />2/1/88 Major Intersection - Any intersection where traffic generated by a development <br />proposal will have a significant impact on the operation of the intersection. <br />22 -18 <br />