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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 53 <br /> Section 4.7: Major Transportation Corridor <br /> (4) Where applicable, the front yard setback shall be measured from any future right- <br /> of-war as designated on the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation <br /> Plan' . <br /> (5) Although a portion of the Efland Village Overlay District is within the Major <br /> Transportation Corridor(MTC)Overlay District, the requirements of the MTC do <br /> not apply. The parcels are included in the MTC only because they fall within the <br /> prescribed distance criteria but do not fall under any existing requirements <br /> pertaining to the MTC.19 <br /> (6) If Building Height Limitation modifications are pursued in accordance with <br /> Section 6.2.2(A), in no case shall building height exceed 40 feet.20 <br /> (C) Yard Encroachments <br /> (1) No fences shall be permitted in the front yard of lots, other than those used for <br /> single-family detached residential purposes, unless a demonstrated need can be <br /> shown.21 <br /> (2) Chain link or similar fencing shall not be permitted for uses other than single- <br /> family detached residential. <br /> SECTION 4.7: MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR <br /> 4.7.1 Intent <br /> (A) It is the intent of Orange County to protect and enhance those natural and environmental <br /> features which constitute important physical, aesthetic, recreational, and economic <br /> assets through the provision of special controls of public and private development along <br /> major transportation corridors. <br /> (B) The Board of County Commissioners finds as a fact that: <br /> (1) Major transportation corridors serve a key function in the orderly development of <br /> Orange County as major traffic movers, as well as serve as entrances to Orange <br /> County from outside the area. <br /> (2) These corridors and the character of the development which occurs along them <br /> establish for visitors and residents alike an indicator of the quality of life in the <br /> County, as well as the efficiency and safety of traffic movement through the area. <br /> (3) In addition, the ability of different areas of the County to attract and <br /> accommodate different types of development depends on the capacity of the <br /> thoroughfare system and the character and quality of development along major <br /> corridors. <br /> (C) The Major Transportation Corridor district is intended to enhance the attractiveness and <br /> orderly development of land adjacent to major transportation facilities through the <br /> provision of a set of development standards and regulations for application to public and <br /> private development of land adjacent to these corridors. The major transportation <br /> corridors include the interstate system as designated in the adopted Comprehensive <br /> Plan. <br /> 18 Users should note the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan is currently being developed;it has not <br /> yet been adopted. <br /> 19 This language is suggested so that it's clear that none of the requirements of the MTC apply to the parcels in this <br /> geographic area that are also located within the MTC. The MTC boundary is based on distance from the <br /> interstate/interchanges but none of the parcels in this area fall under the text requirements of the MTC. <br /> 20 Some of the zoning districts that could be applied in a CITAN allow buildings taller than 40 feet. A building <br /> height limitation of 40-feet is suggested in order to maintain an urban village character. <br /> 21 The fencing regulations [(1)and(2)]are in keeping with the ECOD regulations in order to discourage unaesthetic <br /> fencing in the front yards of properties. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-17 <br />