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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 27 <br />Section 4.7: Major Transportation Corridor <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 />Section Plan. <br />reference (D) The district establishes development standards (see Section 6.6.36.6.5) and a site plan <br />update 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 />The provisions, requirements and restrictions of this district shall not apply to the use f <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 alter to the <br />e ent of increasing the floor area by 50% or more or is enlarged to any degr to occupy <br />a va nt lot. <br />(C) This dis N t shall be applied along any interstate highway in the Coun designated in the <br />adopted C prehensive Plan as such and to any proposed interst highway <br />designated in e adopted Comprehensive Plan as such. <br />(D) The minimum lengX of the district shall be a continuous dist ce along the thoroughfare <br />within the County's j (sdiction and outside of the extrater pifbrial planning jurisdictions of <br />the Towns of Hillsborou , Chapel Hill, and Carrboro the City of Mebane. <br />(E) The minimum width of the d rict is 1,250 feet fro e edge of the right -of -way <br />measured along a line which is erpendicular to e edge of the right -of -way on each side <br />of the roadway, except at intersta interchan s where the District shall extend 2,500 <br />feet from the right -of -way on each s1 of t intersecting road. <br />4.7.3 Permitted Uses <br />Within the Major Transportation Corridor TC) Distric Nses of land and structures are those <br />permitted in the underlying zoning dist Kt or districts. All er requirements for the use of land <br />and structures contained in this OrdK ance shall be met unle otherwise provided. <br />4.7.4 Building Setback and Yard �4quirements <br />Building setback and req i ed yard areas for the overlay district are as \propert <br />(A) The front yar equirement shall be 100 feet from the edge of tay of an <br />interstate hway or 50 feet from the edge of an intersecting rterstate <br />intercha e. <br />(B) The ar yard requirement shall be 50 feet from the edge of thrt ne or 100 f t from the edge of the right -of -way of an in terstate highway r yar adjacent to the interstate. (C The side yard requirement shall be 50 feet from the side prope00 feet from <br />edge of the right -of -way of an interstate highway where the side property line is adjacent <br />to the interstate. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 4 -18 <br />