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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 18 <br />Section 3.8: Conditional Districts <br />ASE-CZ <br />AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT <br />Lot size, min., per use 40,000 [1] <br />ENTERPRISES <br />(square feet) <br />Lot Width, min. (feet) 150 <br />PURPOSE <br />Front Setback from 40 <br />ROW, min. (feet) <br />The purpose of the Agricultural Support Enterprises (ASE -CZ) Side Setback, min. 20 [2] <br />District is to provide for agriculturally - related activities that are not (feet) <br />considered bona fide farming activities within the County's planning <br />jurisdiction. Rear Setback, min. 20 [2] <br />(feet) <br />APPLICABILITY <br />Height, max. (feet) 45 [3] <br />The district shall be located in such a manner as to be compatible Floor Area Ratio, max No requirement [4] <br />with the character of existing development of surrounding properties, Required Open Space No requirement [4] <br />thus insuring the continued conservation of building values and Ratio, min. <br />encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the county. <br />Therefore, when evaluating an application for this district, emphasis Required Livability No requirement [4] <br />shall be given to the location of the proposed development, the Space Ratio, min. <br />relationship of the site and site development plan to adjoining <br />property, and the development itself. This district shall nAt he <br />Wharf OR the Dural Ru5@r land „go nl000lflno +,,,., as deSi..Rated by Required Recreation No requirement [4] <br />r, <br />the adopted r„r„ ehonol „o olAn ¢ Space Ratio, min. <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br />[1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the method of <br />water supply and sewage disposal. <br />[2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially zoned <br />land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of the Required Pedestrian / No requirement [4] <br />adjacent residential district. Landscape Ratio, min. <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />[4] The overall development will be evaluated to ensure compatibility <br />with surrounding properties and with planning objectives. <br />DEVELOPMENT ASE-CZ DISTRICT SPECIFIC DA-D <br />1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the ASE -CZ District in Section 5.2. Certain uses shall not be <br />approved on parcels located within the Rural Buffer land use classification, as designated by the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan (refer to Section 5.2.3 for these uses). Additionally, non - residential uses are restricted based <br />on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 for land use <br />restrictions. <br />2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 and all <br />applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. <br />3. The residential density permitted on a given parcel is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which <br />the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.4 for a breakdown of the allowable density (i.e., the number of <br />individual dwellings that can be developed on a parcel of property). The ASE -CZ district is not intended for <br />residential uses such as subdivisions. Any residential uses are to be occupied by the operator of the associated <br />farm or the proprietor of the approved use. <br />4. Allowable impervious surface area is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is <br />4 This sentence needs to be removed in order to allow certain ASE -CZ uses in the Rural Buffer land use <br />classification. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 3 -64 <br />