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296 <br />The purpose of the Existing Commercial -5 (EC 5) District is to <br />provide a <br />district to be used only during the application of zoning to <br />previously unzoned townships to accommodate existing <br />commercial uses or in zoned townships to previously zoned <br />commercial property which is not located in areas designated as <br />Activity Nodes by the adopted Comprehensive Plan. <br />This district shall be applied to: <br />1. Existing commercial uses in previously unzoned townships. <br />2. Previously zoned commercial property located in areas not <br />designated as Activity Nodes in the adopted Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br />This designation shall only be applied to property used for <br />existing commercial at the time of application of this Ordin <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br />[1] R = residential, NR = non - residential. <br />[2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially <br />zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of <br />the adjacent residential district. <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br />Sarfinn 3 d• ('­­l r........... :..1 <br />Lot Size, min. (square <br />feet) <br />Front Setback from <br />ROW, min. (feet) <br />Rear Setback, min. <br />(feet) <br />40,000 [1] <br />R 40 <br />NR 35 <br />R 20 <br />NR None [2] <br />Floor Area Ratio, max. I NR 1 .492 <br />Required Open Spade,,a <br />Ratio Fmm <br />� <br />Required <br />Pedestrian /Landscape <br />NR <br />.178 <br />Ratio, min. <br />1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the EC -5 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. 19 <br />3. 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 breakdown of the allowable density (i.e., the <br />number of individual dwellings that can be developed on a parcel of property). <br />4. 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 />the Dimensional and Ratio Standards Table. <br />5. 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 />19 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 ( #9 and #10) in this chart. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance <br />Page 3 -28 <br />