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{ I <br />Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br />Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts <br />DIMENSIONAL AS • STANDARDS <br />AGRICULTURAL <br />SERVICE Lt Si 0,000 [1] <br />PURPOSE <br />Lot Width, min. (feet) 200 <br />The purpose of the Agricultural Service (AS) District is to provide Front Setback from 50 <br />sites in the rural portion of the County for rural non -farm, non- ROW, min. (feet) <br />residential uses which support the horticultural, silvicultural, and <br />agricultural uses of the AR districts. <br />Side Setback, min. 20 [2] <br />(feet) <br />APPLICABILITY <br />This district will usually be applied where the following conditions Rear Setback, min. 20 [2] <br />exist: (feet) <br />1. Site is within areas designated by the adopted Comprehensive <br />Plan as Agricultural Residential. Height, max. (feet) 45 [3] <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio, max. None <br />[1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the method <br />of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Open Space <br />[2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially .83 <br />zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of Ratio, min. <br />the adjacent residential district. Required <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Pedestrian /Landscape .208 <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. Ratio, min. <br />DEVELOPMENT AS DISTRICT SPECIFIC DA-D <br />1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the AS 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.22 <br />3. Residential uses are not permitted in this district. <br />4. Allowable impervious surface area is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the <br />property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.6 for a breakdown of the allowable impervious surface area. <br />Additionally, Section 4.2.6 may require a larger lot size for non - residential uses than is contained in the <br />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 />40,000 square feet and 1.99 acres in size; zoning lots two acres and greater in size shall have a minimum <br />22 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 Page 3 -32 <br />