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Article 3: Base Zoning Distrigtts <br /> Section 3.4: General Commercial Districts <br /> DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br /> OFFICE / R[1] None <br /> INSTITUTIONAL AI <br /> Lot Size, min. (square <br /> feet) <br /> NR <br /> NR-CU 5,000 <br /> PURPOSE None <br /> NR CU <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) <br /> The purpose of the Office/Institutional (Oil)Office/Research and NR 50 <br /> Manufacturing (O/RM) District is to provide locations for medium R None <br /> and high intensity office,service, institutional, and residential Front Setback from NR-CU <br /> research,and light manufacturing land uses in areas where ROW, min. (feet) NR 25 <br /> urban services are available or are to be made available as part <br /> of the development process. This district is intended to provide R None <br /> for employment centers near transportation routes. <br /> Side Setback, min. (feet) NR 10 [2] <br /> APPLICABILITY NR-CU None[2] <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following conditions R None <br /> exist: Rear Setback, min. NR 10 2 <br /> (feet) NR-CU None[2] <br /> 1. Site is located in areas designated by the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan as Commercial Transition Activity Node or <br /> Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. <br /> 2. Water and sewer mains are existing at the site or are to be Height, max. (feet) 35[3] <br /> made available during the development process. <br /> R-CU 40 <br /> Floor Area Ratio, max. NR <br /> NR-CU .45 <br /> Required Open Space 55 <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Ratio, min. <br /> Required Livability R-CU 52 <br /> [1] R=residential, NR= non-residential, CU =conditional use. Space Ratio, min. <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially Required Recreation R .111 <br /> zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of Space Ratio, min. R-CU .114 <br /> the adjacent residential district. <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Gross Land Area R-CU 5,000/ <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. min./max. none <br /> (square feet) NR-CU 200,000/ <br /> none <br /> Required <br /> NR <br /> Pedestrian/Landscape NR CU -05 <br /> Ratio, min. <br /> 04 DISTRICT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the 9/1 O/RM District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional Use <br /> (CU)or MPD-CZ District is approved (see Section 3.8). Additionally, non-residential uses are restricted <br /> based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 <br /> for land use restrictions. <br /> 2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 <br /> and all applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. See Sections 6.2.5 and <br /> 6.2.6 if more than one principal use or principal structure is proposed on a non-residential zoning lot. <br /> 3. The residential densit permitted on a given parcel is based on the Watershed Protection Overla District in <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-30 <br />