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Article 7: Subdivisio i <br /> Section 7.12: Flexible Developments <br /> TABLE 7. .4.C.3:VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> • Not more than 5%of the land area in the Village Proper shall be designated for Townhouse Area <br /> use. <br /> Land • Townhouse Area lots shall have a lot frontage of 50 feet. <br /> • location • A maximum of 12 lots may be combined for the purpose of constructing a single building co ining <br /> apartments. <br /> • Setback requirements on combined lots shall be the same as for single lots. <br /> • When attached, townhouses shall generally not comprise more than 15%of the stree rontage in a <br /> residential district. <br /> • Buildings shall be set back either five feet or 15 feet from the front property line. <br /> The lot frontage shall have a masonry wall, wood fence or hedge, no less than 1%opaque, built <br /> within five feet of the property line, and at least three feet in height. <br /> Lots& • : ildings shall have no required setback from side property lines except o orner lots where the <br /> Buildings si._ yard setback adjacent to the street shall be five feet. <br /> • Build •. coverage may not exceed 70%of the lot area. <br /> • Buildin. • may not exceed three stories in height. <br /> • One outb. (ding is permitted on each lot, provided its ground floor :rea does not exceed 450 square <br /> feet, it does •ot to exceed two stories in height, and it is located ithin 30 feet of the rear property <br /> line and at lea four feet from one side property line. <br /> • Lots shall front o• a street with a maximum right-of-way wid of 60 feet, consisting of at least two 12- <br /> foot travel lanes, 8 oot parallel parking on both sides, an. .-foot sidewalks on both sides. <br /> • Lots shall have their -ar lot lines coinciding with the rig, -of-way of a 24-foot alley, containing a <br /> Streets& pavement width of at le:st 12 feet if one-way or 16 fe: if two-way. <br /> Alleys • Provision shall be made • service delivery, utility ..les(if any), and trash collection at the rear lot <br /> line. <br /> • Street trees shall be planted o• both sides oft street at no more than 40-foot intervals. They shall <br /> be deciduous and of varieties th:t obtain a m ure height of at least 50 feet. <br /> • The number of parking and loadin. spaces hall be provided in accordance with Section 6.9 of this <br /> Parking Ordinance. <br /> • All off-street parking spaces shall be I...ted to the rear of the building, with access through an alley <br /> onl . On-street .arkin. shall be .rov;ta,1 sarallel spaces. <br /> RESIDENTIAL USE PROVISIONS <br /> Land designated for Residential es may be used fo the following purposes: <br /> • Detached single-family dw' lings. <br /> Land Use • Home occupations of a 6 ofessional and/or office nat - when located on the second floor of a <br /> permitted outbuilding. <br /> • An accessory resid: tial apartment when located in a per tted outbuilding. <br /> • At least 40%oft • land area in the Village Proper shall be d ignated for House Area use. <br /> • Densities withi 'esidential Use areas should decrease as dist. ce from the Village Center <br /> Land increases. <br /> Allocation • House Are lots shall have an average lot frontage of 75 feet. <br /> • A maxi ,m of two lots may be combined for the purpose of constructs'. a single building. <br /> • Setba• requirements on combined lots shall be the same as for single 1• s. <br /> • Buil, ngs shall be set back between 15 feet and 25 feet from the front prop_ y line. <br /> • 0, at least 30%of all Residential Use area lots, the lot frontage shall have a asonry wall,wood <br /> -nce or hedge, no less than 50%opaque, built within five feet of the property Ii'e, and at least three <br /> feet in height. <br /> Buildings shall be set back from the side property lines equivalent(in total)to no les than 20% <br /> Lots& percent of the lot width.The entire setback may be allocated to one side. <br /> Buildings • Buildings shall be set back no less than 30 feet from the rear property line. <br /> • Building coverage may not exceed 50%of the lot area. <br /> • Buildings may not exceed two stories in height. <br /> • One outbuilding is permitted on each lot, provided its ground floor area does not exceed 450 s..are <br /> feet, it does not to exceed two stories in height, and it is located at least four feet from one side <br /> property line. There is no setback requirement for outbuildings from the rear property line. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 7-56 <br />