ORD-2012-004 Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance Text (UDO /Zoning 2011 -06

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38 Article 3: Base Zoning Districts Section 3.5: Industrial Districts DIMENSIONAL El • RATIO STANDARDS EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE Lot Size, min., per use (square feet) 80,000 Lot Width,min. (feet) 200 �• The purpose of the Existing Industrial(EI)district is to provide a district to be used only during the application of zoning,to previously unzoned townships to accommodate existing industrial Front Setback from 50 uses not located in areas designated as Industrial Transition ROW, min.(feet) Activity Node or Rural Industrial Activity Node by the adopted Comprehensive Plan. Side Setback,min. APPLICABILITY (feet) 50[1] This district shall only be applied to accommodate existing(at the time of the application of the Zoning Ordinance to previously Rear Setback, min. unzoned Townships)industrial uses located in areas not (feet) 50[1] designated Commercial- t! Industrial Transition Activity Node,or Rural Industrial Activity Node in the adopted Comprehensive Plan.29 It is further intended that this district shall not be applied to any Height,max.(feet) 45[2] use that has adverse DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio,max. .200 [1]Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially Required Open Space zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of Ratio, min. .80 the adjacent residential district. [2]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Required increase of the required front and side setbacks. Pedestrian/Landscape .20 Ratio,min. DEVELOPMENT E-I DISTRICT SPECIFIC D• -D 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the El District in Section 5.2,unless a Conditional Use(CU)or MPD-CZ District is approved(see Section 3.8). Additionally,non-residential uses are restricted based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 for land use restrictions. 2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 and all applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. See Sections 6.2.5 and 6.2.6 if more than one principal use or principal structure is proposed on a non-residential zoning lot.30 3. Residential uses are not permitted in this district. 4. Allowable impervious surface area is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the 29 The Commercial-Industrial.Land Use category is a discrete category on the Land Use and Zoning Matrix contained in Appendix F of the County's Comprehensive Plan but it is not described as a separate category and is not consistently referred to in the UDO. Staff believes this is an oversight that may have occurred in the late 1980's or 1990's when the Comprehensive Plan was changed to include a combined Commercial-Industrial Activity Node category on the Land Use Element Map and on the matrix,but other necessary updates were not made. Staff considers this to be a"clean-up"or"housekeeping"amendment to reflect intent and interpretation which will provide clarity and conciseness to the regulations. Note that a Comprehensive Plan amendment is also proposed as a separate item to fix these inconsistencies. 30 Changes to Sections 6.2.5 and 6.2.6 are proposed(see relevant portion of this amendment package). Since the proposed changes involve an additional exception,staff is suggesting that language be added to#2 to direct users to the appropriate Section of the UDO if the users'project involves more than one non-residential principal use or principal structure instead of having two separate Development Standards(#9 and#10)in this chart. Orange County,North Carolina v Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-10