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288 10 The Commercial - Industrial Land Use category is a discrete category on the Land Use and Zoning Matrix contained in Appendix F of the County's Comprehensive Plan but it is not described as a separate category and is not consistently referred to in the UDO. Staff believes this is an oversight that may have occurred in the late 1980's or 1990's when the Comprehensive Plan was changed to include a combined Commercial- Industrial Activity Node category on the Land Use Element Map and on the matrix, but other necessary updates were not made. Staff considers this to be a "clean -up" or "housekeeping" amendment to reflect intent and interpretation which will provide clarity and conciseness to the regulations. Note that a Comprehensive Plan amendment is also proposed as a separate item to fix these inconsistencies. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 3 -20 Article 3: Base Zoning Districts Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts '' • DIMENSIONAL • RATIO STANDARDS LOCAL COMMERCIAL Lot Size, min. (square feet) None [1] PURPOSE Lot Width, min. (feet) 75 The purpose of the Local Commercial- 1(LC -1) District is to provide appropriately located and sized sites for limited commercial uses Front Setback from designed to serve a population at the neighborhood and rural level ROW, min. (feet) 15 with convenience goods and personal services. Performance standards will be used to insure the absence of adverse impacts beyond the immediate space occupied by the building. Side Setback, min. 15 [2] APPLICABILITY (feet) This district will usually be applied where the following conditions I exist: Rear Setback, min. (feet) 15 [2] 1. Site is located within areas designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition Activity Node, a Commercial - Industrial Transition Activity Node, a Rural Community Activity Node or a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node. 10 Height, max. (feet) 25 [3] 2. Uses would serve a market area population confined to the immediate area and would generally not serve commuters or persons outside the surrounding neighborhood. Floor Area_Ratio, ^ R CU [4] NR iOfl ; max NR -CU Required Open -C R .80 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Space Ratio, min. NR-CU 79 Required Livability.— S" a ce R -CU, 65'; [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the method of water supply and sewage disposal. _p , Ratio, Required R .074 [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of the Recreation Space adjacent residential district. Ratio, min. R -CU .077 [3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Gross Land�Area, :- R =CU - 5,000/ increase of the required front and side setbacks. min Imaz. none',;., NR -CU none/ . [4] R = residential, NR =non-residential, CU = conditional use. (square feet) . 421';344= Required Pedestrian/ NR .20 Landscape Ratio, NR -CU 198 min. 10 The Commercial - Industrial Land Use category is a discrete category on the Land Use and Zoning Matrix contained in Appendix F of the County's Comprehensive Plan but it is not described as a separate category and is not consistently referred to in the UDO. Staff believes this is an oversight that may have occurred in the late 1980's or 1990's when the Comprehensive Plan was changed to include a combined Commercial- Industrial Activity Node category on the Land Use Element Map and on the matrix, but other necessary updates were not made. Staff considers this to be a "clean -up" or "housekeeping" amendment to reflect intent and interpretation which will provide clarity and conciseness to the regulations. Note that a Comprehensive Plan amendment is also proposed as a separate item to fix these inconsistencies. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 3 -20