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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 28 <br />Section 4.8: Stoney Creek Basin <br />(D) The district establishes development standards (see Section 64 64 and a site plan <br />review process for development within the district. (See Section 2.5). <br />4.7.2 Applicability <br />(A) The Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) district is established as a district which <br />overlays other zoning districts established in this Ordinance. The new use of any land or <br />any new structure within the MTC district shall comply with the use regulations applicable <br />to the underlying zoning district as well as the requirements of the MTC district. <br />(B) The provisions, requirements and restrictions of this district shall not apply to the use of <br />land within the district for single family or two - family dwellings or to any building or <br />structure existing prior to the creation of this district unless it is structurally altered to the <br />extent of increasing the floor area by 50% or more or is enlarged to any degree to occupy <br />a vacant lot. <br />(C) This district shall be applied along any interstate highway in the County designated in the <br />adopted Comprehensive Plan as such and to any proposed interstate highway <br />designated in the adopted Comprehensive Plan as such. <br />(D) The minimum length of the district shall be a continuous distance along the thoroughfare <br />within the County's jurisdiction and outside of the extraterritorial planning jurisdictions of <br />the Towns of Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro and the City of Mebane. <br />(E) The minimum width of the district is 1,250 feet from the edge of the right -of -way <br />measured along a line which is perpendicular to the edge of the right -of -way on each side <br />of the roadway, except at interstate interchanges where the District shall extend 2,500 <br />feet from the right -of -way on each side of the intersecting road. <br />4.7.3 Permitted Uses <br />Within the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) District, uses of land and structures are those <br />permitted in the underlying zoning district or districts. All other requirements for the use of land <br />and structures contained in this Ordinance shall be met unless otherwise provided. <br />4.7.4 Building Setback and Yard Requirements <br />Building setback and required yard areas for the overlay district are as follows: <br />(A) The front yard requirement shall be 100 feet from the edge of the right -of -way of an <br />interstate highway or 50 feet from the edge of an intersecting road at an interstate <br />interchange. <br />(B) The rear yard requirement shall be 50 feet from the edge of the rear property line or 100 <br />feet from the edge of the right -of -way of an interstate highway when a rear yard is <br />adjacent to the interstate. <br />(C) The side yard requirement shall be 50 feet from the side property line or 100 feet from the <br />edge of the right -of -way of an interstate highway where the side property line is adjacent <br />to the interstate. <br />The purpose of the Stoney <br />Basin Small Area Plan by: <br />ng density increases within <br />aster Stoney Creek <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 4 -18 <br />