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Article 6: Development Standards 41 <br />Section 6.2: Lot & Building Standards <br />(1) um lot area, lot width, and setback requirements as in Article 3 of <br />this Ordina be reduced for lots create of a Flexible Development <br />subdivision as provide on is Ordinance. <br />(C) Flag Lots <br />(1) ots as defined in Article 10 are accommodated for as pro Section <br />7.7 of this Ordinance. <br />(D) Reuse of Existing Farm Buildings within the Rural Buffer Zoning Districts <br />(1) Setback requirements may be lessened through the appropriate permitting <br />process for agricultural support enterprise uses that reuse farm buildings in <br />existence as of [date of adoption; scheduled for consideration on May 5, 2015] <br />that are currently located within the required setback area. <br />(a) This provision applies to agricultural support enterprise uses currently <br />zoned RB. <br />(b) The setback width shall not be lessened to a distance less than the <br />setback required in the RB general use zoning district. <br />(c) For purposes of this subsection, agricultural support enterprise uses <br />shall be defined as those permitted in the ASE -CZ zoning district, as <br />detailed within Section 5.2.3 of this Ordinance. <br />Clustering <br />UNIV -CA &UNIV — PW Watershed Protection Overlay DZeiofnt7 <br />(1) Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accord <br />Ordinance. <br />(2) ach lot shall contain a minimum of one acre. <br />(B) All Other rlay Districts <br />Clustering of resi tial lots is permitted in accordance wi <br />Ordinance. <br />6.2.4 Irregular Lots <br />Any irregular lot of record at the time these gul ns became effective may be subdivided in <br />compliance with applicable subdivision rezul la s and improvement requirements, to create <br />additional regular lots, provided that suEsu �a'o equirements of the district and that no <br />residual substandard lots remain as a cn. <br />6.2. 5 Principal Uses <br />There shall be no more tgaKone principal use on any zoning lot exNpt where: <br />(A) Permitted a,%4 CU District or CZ District; or <br />(B) Thep el is located within an Economic Development District, Com cial Transition <br />Ac ty Node, Commercial - Industrial Transition Activity Node, Rural Neig rhood <br />ctivity Node, or Rural Community Activity Node, as designated by the Comp ensive <br />Plan; or <br />The parcel is less than 2 acres in size, and non - residential multiple uses are pro <br />within a single principal structure; or <br />6 This section is being added in response to Town of Carrboro and Chapel Hill recommendations that the reuse of <br />existing farm buildings, especially those 50 years or older, be encouraged by providing a mechanism to reduce or <br />waive setback requirements that would otherwise apply to new agricultural support uses. The language proposed <br />for adoption incorporates review comments made by the County Attorney's office. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 6 -2 <br />