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Article 3: Base Zoning DistriF,ts <br /> Section 3.3: Residential Distric s <br /> SECTION 3.3: RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS <br /> RBDIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br /> RURAL BUFFER pots . 87,120 <br /> Conventional <br /> Subdivision Lot Size, 87,120 <br /> min. (square feet) <br /> Flexible Development <br /> Subdivision [11 Lot 4742.0444@g[1] <br /> Size, min. (square feet) 43,560 <br /> PURPOSE Lot Width, min. (feet) 130 <br /> The purpose of the Rural Buffer(RB) District is to provide <br /> locations for rural residential developments and agricultural, <br /> silvicultural or horticultural uses which serve to buffer or Front Setback from <br /> I separate more intensively planned and/or developed portions ROW, min. (feet) 40 [42] <br /> of Orange County. Development within the Rural Buffer(RB) <br /> District is at very low densities(the minimum lot size per <br /> Idwelling unit is two acres)and relies on individual wells and Corner Side Setback, 40 [23 <br /> ground absorption systems for domestic water supply and min. (feet) <br /> sewage dissosal, ressectivel . <br /> APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. <br /> (feet) 20 [42] <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following <br /> conditions exist: Rear Setback, min. <br /> 1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as Rural <br /> (feet) 20 [42] <br /> Buffer or by the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan <br /> as Rural Residential or both. <br /> 2. Urban services, including water distribution and sewage Height, max. (feet) 25 [44] <br /> collection mains, are not likel within 10-20 ears. <br /> R- <br /> CU .058 <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: 45 <br /> Floor Area Ratio, max. <br /> [1] Refer to Section 7.12.3: Flexible Development,which NR .088 a6 <br /> requires additional standards and requirements to reduce NR- 100 [56] <br /> minimum lot size. CU <br /> [2]Accessory structures shall not be erected in any required R- <br /> front open space and shall also conform to all other CU <br /> regulations. Required Open Space NR 84 <br /> L2]Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its side Ratio, min. NR- <br /> street shall observe a front yard setback from both streets CU <br /> provided, however, that this requirement does not reduce the Required Livability R- <br /> width suitable for a building on said lot to less than 25 feet. .75 <br /> Space Ratio, min. CU <br /> (See graphic in Section 6.2.7). <br /> [34]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Required Recreation R .028 <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. Space Ratio, min. R- 031 <br /> {45] R= residential, NR=non-residential, CU =conditional CU <br /> use R- <br /> I [a6] Permitted non-residential uses existing as of 5/6/98 shall Gross Land Area, min. CU 174.240 <br /> be limited to a maximum floor area ratio of.141 in the RB,AR, (square feet) NR- <br /> I R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts. CU <br /> Required Pedestrian/ NR <br /> Landscape Ratio, min. NR- 21 <br /> CU <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-2 <br />