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364 Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.9: Parking, Loading & Circulation <br />Industrial <br />20 <br />10 70% <br />30% <br />Distribution <br />64 <br />26 <br />70% <br />30% <br />Flex Space <br />23 <br />20 <br />55% <br />45% <br />Office <br />51 <br />23 <br />70% <br />30% <br />Retail <br />39 <br />15 <br />70% <br />30% <br />Service <br />24 <br />52 <br />30% <br />70% <br />"Unobstructed Open Space" includes 113 all areas not covered by buildings, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, and <br />other impervious surface. Parking lot islands may be counted as Unobstructed Open Space if they are at least 500 <br />square feet in area. <br />SECTION 6.9: PARKING, LOADING & CIRCULATION <br />6.9.1 Purpose & Intent <br />The purpose of this Section is to promote the public health, safety and welfare, as well as to <br />improve the quality of the built environment for Orange County by establishing suitable standards <br />for motorized vehicle parking and loading areas that are appropriate for the varying urban and <br />rural forms. <br />6.9.2 Applicability <br />No Building Permit, Zoning Compliance Permit or Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued for <br />uses of land, structures, and buildings, either initially or for a change in use or expansion of an <br />existing use, unless the off - street parking and loading requirements of this Section are met. <br />6.9.3 Prohibited Within Special Flood Hazard Areas <br />Off - street parking and loading facilities are prohibited within Special Flood Hazard Areas. <br />"Z Typographical error corrected. <br />13 Typographical error corrected. <br />orange Lounty, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -66 <br />