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Article 6: Development Standards <br />Section 6.2:Lot & Building Standards <br />(1)Minimum lot area, lot width, andsetback requirements as specified in Article 3 of <br />this Ordinance may be reduced for lots created as part of a Flexible Development <br />subdivision as provided in Section 7.13 of this Ordinance. <br />(C)Flag Lots <br />(1)Flag lots as defined in Article 10 are accommodated for as provided in Section <br />7.7 of this Ordinance. <br />6.2.3Clustering <br />(A)UNIV-CA & UNIV –PW Watershed ProtectionOverlay Districts <br />(1)Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accordance with Section 7.12 of this <br />Ordinance. <br />(2)Each lot shall contain a minimum of one acre. <br />(B)All Other Overlay Districts <br />Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accordance with Section 7.13 of this <br />Ordinance. <br />6.2.4Irregular Lots <br />Any irregular lot of record at the time these regulations became effective may be subdivided in <br />compliance with applicable subdivision regulations and improvement requirements, to create <br />additional regular lots, provided that such lots meet all requirements of the district and that no <br />residual substandard lots remain as a result of such action. <br />6.2.5Principal Uses <br />There shall be no more than one principal use on any zoning lot except where: <br />(A)Permitted as a CU District or CZ District; or <br />(B)The parcel is located within an Economic Development District, Commercial Transition <br />Activity Node, Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node, Rural Neighborhood <br />Activity Node, or Rural Community Activity Node, as designated by the Comprehensive <br />Plan; or <br />(C)The parcel is less than 2 acresin size, and non-residential multiple uses are proposed <br />within a single principal structure; or <br />(D)One of the uses is an unstaffed telecommunications tower subject to a year-to-year or <br />other short term lease <br />6.2.6Principal Structures <br />(A)Residential <br />(1)There shall be nomore than one principal structure permitted on any residential <br />zoning lot, with the exception of the following: <br />(a)Multi-family developments which have received approval as a CU District <br />or CZ District,or <br />(b)Temporary use of mobile homes for custodial careapproved in <br />accordance with the provisions of Section 5.4.4(b)5.4.4(B), or <br />(c)During the installation or construction of a permanent unit on the same <br />lot, as provided in Section 5.4.4 of this Ordinance, or <br />(d)Duplexes, on lots that have twice the required lot areaof the zoning <br />district. <br />Orange County, North Carolina –Unified Development Ordinance <br />Page 6-2 <br /> <br />