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310 <br />Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br />Section 3.6: Other Districts <br />SECTION 3.6: OTHER DISTRICTS <br />. <br />DIMENSIONAL PID <br />RATIO STANDARDS <br />Lot Size, min., per use <br />PUBLIC INTEREST DISTRICT <br />(square feet) <br />500,000 <br />PURPOSE I <br />Lot Width, min. (feet) <br />No requirement <br />The purpose of Public Interest District (PID) is to preserve and <br />protect certain public land and private educational lands, deemed <br />environmentally sensitive and of major scientific research Front Setback from <br />significance from the impacts of development. In addition, these ROW, min. (feet) <br />No requirement <br />lands will be managed in ways that will prevent any intentionally <br />No requirement [1] <br />generated adverse impacts from affecting surrounding property. <br />Side Setback, min. <br />APPLICABILITY (feet) <br />This district will be applied to the following: Rear Setback, min. <br />1. All Duke Forest lands, the Eno River State Park, all University (feet) <br />of North Carolina lands, and all other public or private <br />No requirement [1] <br />educational lands deemed to be environmentally sensitive and of <br />major scientific or research significance. Height, max. (feet) <br />25 [2] <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br />Floor Area Ratio, max. <br />.0125 <br />[1] 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 />Required Open Space <br />Ratio, min. <br />No requirement <br />Required <br />[2] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />Pedestrian /Landscape <br />No requirement <br />Ratio, min. <br />PID DISTRICT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the PID 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.31 <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 />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 />usable lot area of at least 40,000 square feet. <br />6. No Fner-e than Gne PF*AGipal stFuGture is by right <br />permitted OR aRy RGR Fesidential zeRing lot gFeater than five <br />31 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 42 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 ( #6 and #7) in this chart. <br />orange county, Nortn Larolina — Unified Development Ordinance <br />Page 3-42 <br />