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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 012 <br /> Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts <br /> DIMENSIONAL RATIO STANDARDS <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD <br /> COMMERCIAL <br /> Lot Size, min. (square feet) 2,000 [1] <br /> PURPOSE Lot Width, min. (feet) 20 <br /> The purpose of the Neighborhood Commercial-2 (NC-2) <br /> District is to provide appropriately located and sized sites for Front Setback from ROW, <br /> limited commercial uses designed to serve a population at min. (feet) 50 <br /> the neighborhood and rural level with convenience goods <br /> and personal services. Performance standards will be used <br /> to insure the absence of adverse impacts beyond the lot <br /> boundaries of the use. <br /> Side Setback, min. (feet) None [2] <br /> APPLICABILITY <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following <br /> conditions exist: Rear Setback, min. (feet) None [2] <br /> 1. Located within areas designated by the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition <br /> Activity Node (CTAN), Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node (CITAN), Rural Neighborhood Activity Node, or Height, max. (feet) 35 [3] <br /> Rural Community Activity Node. <br /> 2. Uses would serve a market area population confined to Floor Area Ratio,max., if R-CU [4] .200 <br /> the immediate area and would generally not serve located outside of a CTAN NR <br /> commuters or persons outside the surrounding or CITAN NR-CU .230 <br /> neighborhood. <br /> Floor Area Ratio, max., if NR .40 <br /> located within a CTAN or <br /> CITAN NR-CU .45 <br /> Required Open Space R-CU 76 <br /> Ratio, min ., if located NR <br /> outside of a CTAN or NR-CU .75 <br /> CITAN <br /> Required Open Space <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Ratio, min ., if located .55 <br /> [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the within a CTAN or CITAN <br /> method of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Livability Space <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially Ratio, min. R-CU .52 <br /> zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear <br /> setback of the adjacent residential district. Required Recreation R .111 <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Space Ratio, min. R-CU .114 <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. 5,000/ <br /> [4] R= residential, NR= non-residential, CU =conditional Gross Land Area, R-CU none <br /> use. min./max. none/ <br /> (square feet) NR-CU 421,344 <br /> Required Pedestrian/ NR .19 <br /> Landscape Ratio, min., if <br /> located outside of a CTAN NR-CU .188 <br /> or CITAN <br /> Required Pedestrian/ NR .05 <br /> Landscape Ratio, min., if <br /> located within a CTAN or NR-CU .05 <br /> CITAN <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-22 <br />