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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 289 <br />Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts <br />1 Changes to Sections 6.2.5 and 6.2.6 are proposed (see relevant portion of this amendment package). Since the <br />proposed changes involve an additional exception, staff is suggesting that language be added to #2 to direct users to <br />the appropriate Section of the UDO if the users' project involves more than one non - residential principal use or <br />principal structure instead of having two separate Development Standards ( #11 and #12) in this chart. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 3 -21 <br />DEVELOPMENT LC-1 DISTRICT SPECIFIC D• -D <br />1. <br />Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the LCA 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 />2. <br />use restrictions. <br />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." <br />3. <br />The residential density permitted on a given parcel is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in <br />which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.4 for a breakdown of the allowable density (i.e., the <br />number of individual dwellings that can be developed on a parcel of property). <br />4. <br />Allowable impervious surface area is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the <br />property is located. Refer to Sections 4.2.5 and 4.2.6 for a breakdown of the allowable impervious surface <br />area. Additionally, Section 4.2.6 may require a larger lot size for non - residential uses than is contained in <br />5. <br />the Dimensional and Ratio Standards Table. <br />For lots outside of a Watershed Protection Overlay District (see Section 4.2), the minimum usable lot area <br />for lots that utilize ground absorption wastewater systems shall be 30,000 square feet for parcels between <br />40,000 square feet and 1.99 acres in size; zoning lots two acres and greater in size shall have a minimum <br />6. <br />usable lot area of at least 40,000 square feet. <br />Proposed subdivisions are subject to all applicable subdivision standards detailed in Article 7. Note that <br />Article 7 provides for different dimensional requirements than those shown in the Dimensional and Ratio <br />Standards table depending upon the type of subdivision proposed and the percentage of open space <br />7. <br />provided. <br />Subdivisions proposing private roads are subject to larger setbacks and minimum lot sizes than those listed <br />in the Dimensional and Ratio Standards. Refer to Section 7.8.4 for additional requirements. Refer to <br />8. <br />Section 7.8.5 for private road standards. <br />Subdivisions in the Economic Development, Commercial and /or Industrial Nodes are subject to the <br />9. <br />procedure outlined in Section 2.16. <br />The maximum amount of land zoned LC -1 within Rural Community Activity Nodes shall be limited to ten <br />acres with a five acre limitation imposed within other Nodes, specifically Rural Neighborhood and Rural <br />Industrial Nodes, as defined within the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. In situations where a Node <br />has reached capacity, additional rezoning may be possible through the submittal, processing, and approval <br />of a Conditional Use in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. Acreage limitations shall not apply <br />to property zoned Existing Commercial -5 (EC -5), Conditional Use (CU), or MPD -CZ. <br />10. <br />All sites designated LCA shall have direct access to a street classified either as an arterial or collector as <br />designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan. <br />two iR size, a Class A SpeGial Use PeFmit and Site Plan, <br />the pFepeFty, and the lot is gFeateF thas aGFes <br />iR FeSideRtial uses shall be GGRtained within a SiRgle- <br />12. <br />OR paFGels less thaR two aGFes size, multiple flGR <br />s#heF sheFtteFm lease, shall t be GGnsideFed an additaGRal <br />1 Changes to Sections 6.2.5 and 6.2.6 are proposed (see relevant portion of this amendment package). Since the <br />proposed changes involve an additional exception, staff is suggesting that language be added to #2 to direct users to <br />the appropriate Section of the UDO if the users' project involves more than one non - residential principal use or <br />principal structure instead of having two separate Development Standards ( #11 and #12) in this chart. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 3 -21 <br />