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334 <br />ARTICLE 6: DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />[SECTION 6.1: GENERAL STANDARDS <br />6.1.1 Establishment of Dimensional Requirements <br />The required minimum lot size, minimum lot width, required front, side and rear setbacks, <br />maximum building height and maximum lot coverage and permitted intensity of development for <br />each of the general districts shall be as shown in this Article and Article 3 of this Ordinance. <br />6.1.2 Town of Chapel Hill Land Development Standards <br />The regulations governing minimum lot size, minimum lot width, required yard setbacks, <br />maximum building height and other dimensional requirements controlling the permitted intensity <br />of development as contained in the Town of Chapel Hill Land Development Ordinance are hereby <br />adopted by reference as fully as though set forth herein. The regulations shall be applicable to <br />that portion of the Transition Area located within the Chapel Hill Joint Development Review Area <br />as prescribed in the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and the adopted Joint Planning <br />Area Land Use Map. <br />6.1.3 Town of Carrboro Land Development Standards <br />The regulations governing minimum lot size, minimum lot width, required yard setbacks, <br />maximum building height and other dimensional requirements controlling the permitted intensity <br />of development as contained in the Town of Carrboro Land Use Ordinance are hereby adopted <br />by reference as fully as though set forth herein. The regulations shall be applicable to that portion <br />of the Transition Area located within the Carrboro Joint Development Review Area as prescribed <br />in the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Map. <br />SECTION 6.2: LOT & BUILDING STANDARDS <br />6.2.1 Regulations Encumbering Land Required to Satisfy Regulations <br />No portion of a lot, used in connection with an existing or proposed building, structure or use, and <br />necessary for compliance with the dimensional regulations of this Ordinance shall, through sale <br />or otherwise, be used again as part of the lot required in connection with any other building, <br />structure or use. <br />6.2.2 Modifications of Dimensional Requirements <br />Except as provided in this Ordinance, all structures shall conform to the dimensional <br />requirements established in Article 3 of this Ordinance. <br />(A) Height Limitations <br />(1) Within any zoning district the height of a building may exceed the maximum <br />building height established in Article 3 provided that one foot additional front, <br />rear, and side setbacks are provided for every two feet of additional height. <br />Regardless of additional setbacks provided, in no case shall a building's height <br />exceed 75 -feet unless modified as per (2) below.'? <br />" Staff is suggesting this language in order to establish a maximum height cap. Currently, the height of a building is <br />potentially "unlimited" if enough additional setback is provided and other ratios can be met (please note that it is and <br />has been the application of all the development ratios in all zoning districts that work together to create to "form" of <br />overall development on a parcel). <br />grange county, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -1 <br />