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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 010 <br /> Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts <br /> SECTION COMMERCIAL <br /> DIMENSIONAL LCA • STANDARDS <br /> LOCAL COMMERCIAL <br /> Lot Size, min. (square feet) None [1] <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 75 <br /> The purpose of the Local Commercial-1(LC-1) District is <br /> to provide appropriately located and sized sites for Front Setback from ROW, <br /> limited commercial uses designed to serve a population min. (feet) 15 <br /> at the neighborhood and rural level with convenience <br /> goods and personal services. Performance standards <br /> will be used to insure the absence of adverse impacts <br /> beyond the immediate space occupied by the building. Side Setback, min. (feet) 15 [2] <br /> • • Rear Setback, min. (feet) 15 [2] <br /> Height, max. (feet), if located 25 [3] <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following outside of a CTAN or CITAN <br /> conditions exist: <br /> Height, max. (feet), if located 35 [3] <br /> 1. Site is located within areas designated by the adopted within a CTAN or CITAN <br /> Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition <br /> Activity Node (CTAN), a Commercial-Industrial Transition R-CU [4] .100 <br /> Activity Node (CITAN), a Rural Community Activity Node Floor Area Ratio, max., if NR <br /> or a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node. located outside of a CTAN or <br /> CITAN NR-CU .115 <br /> 2. Uses would serve a market area population confined <br /> to the immediate area and would generally not serve R-CU <br /> commuters or persons outside the surrounding Floor Area Ratio, max., if NR .40 <br /> neighborhood. located within a CTAN or <br /> CITAN NR-CU .45 <br /> Required Open Space Ratio, R-CU 80 <br /> min., if located outside of a NR <br /> CTAN or CITAN NR-CU .79 <br /> Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> min., if located within a CTAN .55 <br /> or CITAN <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br /> Required Livability Space R-CU .65 <br /> Ratio, min. <br /> [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the <br /> method of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Recreation Space R .074 <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to Ratio, min. R-CU .077 <br /> residentially zoned land shall be equal to the required 5,000/ <br /> side or rear setback of the adjacent residential district. R-CU <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one Gross Land Area, min./max. none <br /> foot increase of the required front and side setbacks. (square feet) NR-CU none/ <br /> 421,344 <br /> [4] R= residential, NR= non-residential, CU = <br /> conditional use. Required Pedestrian/ NR .20 <br /> Landscape Ratio, min. , if <br /> located outside of a CTAN or NR-CU .198 <br /> CITAN <br /> Required Pedestrian/ NR .05 <br /> Landscape Ratio, min. , if <br /> located within a CTAN or <br /> CITAN ­i+-_U .05 <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-20 <br />