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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 27 Section 4.7: Major Transportation Corridor (4) Where applicable, the front yard setback shall be measured from any future right - of -war as designated on the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan' . (5) Although a portion of the Efland Village Overlay District is within the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) Overlay District, the requirements of the MTC do not apply. The parcels are included in the MTC only because they fall within the prescribed distance criteria but do not fall under any existing requirements pertaining to the MTC. 19 (6) If Building Height Limitation modifications are pursued in accordance with Section 6.2.2(A), in no case shall building height exceed 40 feet. 20 (C) Yard Encroachments (1) No fences shall be permitted in the front yard of lots, other than those used for single - family detached residential purposes, unless a demonstrated need can be shown . 21 (2) Chain link or similar fencing shall not be permitted for uses other than single - family detached residential. 4.7.1 Intent (A) It is the intent of Orange County to protect and enhance those natural and environmental features which constitute important physical, aesthetic, recreational, and economic assets through the provision of special controls of public and private development along major transportation corridors. (B) The Board of County Commissioners finds as a fact that: (1) Major transportation corridors serve a key function in the orderly development of Orange County as major traffic movers, as well as serve as entrances to Orange County from outside the area. (2) These corridors and the character of the development which occurs along them establish for visitors and residents alike an indicator of the quality of life in the County, as well as the efficiency and safety of traffic movement through the area. (3) In addition, the ability of different areas of the County to attract and accommodate different types of development depends on the capacity of the thoroughfare system and the character and quality of development along major corridors. (C) The Major Transportation Corridor district is intended to enhance the attractiveness and orderly development of land adjacent to major transportation facilities through the provision of a set of development standards and regulations for application to public and private development of land adjacent to these corridors. The major transportation corridors include the interstate system as designated in the adopted Comprehensive Plan. "Users should note the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan is currently being developed; it has not yet been adopted. 19 This language is suggested so that it's clear that none of the requirements of the MTC apply to the parcels in this geographic area that are also located within the MTC. The MTC boundary is based on distance from the interstate /interchanges but none of the parcels in this area fall under the text requirements of the MTC. 20 Some of the zoning districts that could be applied in a CITAN allow buildings taller than 40 feet. A building height limitation of 40 -feet is suggested in order to maintain an urban village character. 2' The fencing regulations [(1) and (2)] are in keeping with the ECOD regulations in order to discourage unaesthetic fencing in the front yards of properties. Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 4 -17