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28 � • <br /> Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts <br /> • DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br /> OFFICE <br /> INSTITUTIONAL <br /> R[1] None <br /> Lot Size, min. (square <br /> feet) NR <br /> NR-CU 5,000 <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Llit min. (feet) NR-CU None <br /> NR 50 <br /> The purpose of the Office/Institutional(0/1) District is to provide <br /> locations for medium and high intensity office,service, Front Setback from NRRCU None <br /> institutional, and residential land uses in areas where urban ROW, min. (feet) <br /> services are available or are to be made available as part of the NR 25 <br /> development process. This district is intended to provide for R None <br /> employment centers near transportation routes. <br /> Side Setback, min. (feet) NR 10[2] <br /> APPLICABILITY NR-CU None[2] <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following conditions R None <br /> exist: Rear Setback, min. NR 10 2 <br /> 1. Site is located in areas designated by the adopted (feet) NR-CU None[2] <br /> Comprehensive Plan as Commercial Transition Activity Node or <br /> Commercial-Industrial Transition 2c)Activity Nodes. <br /> 2. Water and sewer mains are existing at the site or are to be Height, max. (feet) 35[3] <br /> made available during the development process. <br /> R-CU .40 <br /> Floor Area Ratio, max. NR <br /> NR-CU .45 <br /> Required Open Space .55 <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Ratio, min. <br /> Required Livability R-CU .52 <br /> [1] R=residential, NR=non-residential, CU=conditional use. Space Ratio, min. <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially Required Recreation R .111 <br /> zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of Space Ratio, min. R-CU .114 <br /> the adjacent residential district. 5,000/ <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Gross Land Area, R-CU <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. min./max. none <br /> (square feet) NR-CU 200,000/ <br /> none <br /> Required NR <br /> Pedestrian/Landscape NR-CU .05 <br /> Ratio, min. <br /> • DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the 0/1 District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional Use(CU) <br /> or MPD-CZ District is approved(see Section 3.8). Additionally, non-residential uses are restricted based on <br /> the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 for land <br /> use restrictions. <br /> 2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 <br /> and all applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. See Sections 6.2.5 and <br /> 6.2.6 if more than one principal use or principal structure is proposed on a non-residential zoning lot.29 <br /> 20 Suggestion addition to provide consistency in what the Nodes are called throughout the charts. <br /> Orange County,North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-30 <br />