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<br />ARTICLE 5: USES <br />SECTION 5.1: ESTABLISHMENT OF USE REGULATIONS <br />Except as otherwise provided herein, regulations governing the use of land and structures are hereby <br />established as shown in the Table of Permitted Uses. <br />5.1.1 Prohibited Uses <br />Uses of land or structures which are not expressly listed in the Table of Permitted Uses (Section <br />5.2), as Permitted Principal Uses, Permitted Accessory Uses or Special Uses in a district are <br />prohibited and shall not be established within that district. <br />5.1.2 Uses Permitted As a Matter of Right <br />Within all districts the following uses are permitted as a matter of right: <br />Above ground and buried utility lines for local distribution of electricity, telephone, and <br />(A) <br />cable television service, accessory and appurtenant apparatus such as poles, guy wires, <br />transformers and switching boxes. <br />Cabinetized telephone and/or fiber optic equipment associated with the local distribution <br />(B) <br />of services. Setbacks from the right-of-way for such equipment may be reduced to 20 <br />feet in the Agricultural Residential, Rural Residential and Rural Buffer zoning districts <br />provided that the equipment is screened from view by landscape materials. <br />Bona fide farms. <br />(C) <br />Buildings and other temporary structures used in connection with the construction of a <br />(D) <br />1 <br />permanent building. (See Section 5.4.4) <br />Neighborhood utility facilities located within a public right of way with the permission of <br />(E) <br />the owner of the right of way (State, City or Town). <br />Off street parking as a required accessory use to a permitted use. <br />(F) <br />Public and private streets and roads. Railroad rights of way. <br />(G) <br />Water and sanitary sewer lines, gas and liquid fuel distribution lines. <br />(H) <br />Telephone exchanges (without business offices), subscriber loop huts, pressure regulator <br />(I) <br />2 <br />stations, water and sanitary sewer pumping stations. (See Section 5.9.1) <br />Electrical substations, switching and metering stations and associated transmission lines, <br />(J) <br />where incoming voltage does not exceed 100 kilovolts (kv). (See Section 5.9.2). <br />Solid waste collection facilities owned and operated by a public agency for the purpose of <br />(K) <br />3 <br />disposal of household waste by Orange County residents. (See Section 5.11.1) <br />Borrow pits (including reclamation by landfilling) associated with a State or Federal <br />(L) <br />highway project. (See Section 5.12.1). <br />5.1.3 Special Uses <br />It is the intention of the Board of County Commissioners to create, and from time to time <br />(A) <br />amend, a list of Special Uses within the Table of Permitted Uses which, because of their <br />inherent nature, extent and external effects, require special care in the control of their <br />location and methods of operation. <br />1 <br /> This section of the UDO provides reference to various sections where standards governing the development of the <br />denoted land use are contained. Staff is adding the appropriate reference to this particular use <br />2 <br />. Staff is providing the appropriate section reference where development standards are located for this particular use <br />3 <br /> Again, staff is providing the appropriate reference <br /> <br />Page 5-1 <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance <br /> <br /> <br />