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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 29 <br /> Section 3.3: Residential Districts <br /> ARDIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br /> AGRICULTURAL Standard Lot <br /> Size- <br /> RESIDENTIAL Lot Size, min. Conventional <br /> (square feet) Subdivision 40,000 <br /> Process <br /> (Section <br /> WWW : <br /> Proposed <br /> Open Allowable <br /> Lot Size— Space Lot Size <br /> Flexible within (sq.ft.): <br /> Development subdivision: <br /> Subdivision 33% 40 000 <br /> Process 40% 30 000 <br /> (Section 45% 20,000 <br /> XXX): 50% 15,000 <br /> 60% and 10,000 <br /> over <br /> PURPOSE Lot Width, min. 150 <br /> (feet) <br /> The purpose of the Agricultural Residential (AR) <br /> District is to assist in the preservation of land Front Setback <br /> suitable, as a result of location, existing farming from ROW, min. 40 [1] <br /> operations, soils and topography,for agricultural, (feet) <br /> silvicultural or horticultural uses and to protect such <br /> uses from the adverse effects of incompatible land Corner Side <br /> uses. Setback, min. 40 [2] <br /> (feet) <br /> APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. 20 [1] <br /> (feet) <br /> This district will usually be applied where the <br /> following conditions exist: Rear Setback, <br /> 1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan <br /> min. (feet) 20 [1] <br /> Agricultural Residential. <br /> 2. Urban services, including water distribution and Height, max. (feet) 25 [3] <br /> sewage collection mains, are not likely within 10-20 <br /> ears. <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: R-CU 4 .058 <br /> Floor Area Ratio, <br /> [1]Accessory structures shall not be erected in any NR .088 5 <br /> required front open space and shall also conform to max. NR-CU .100 5 <br /> all other regulations. Required Open R-CU NR <br /> [2]Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its Space Ratio, min. NR-CU .84 <br /> side street shall observe a front yard setback from Required Livability <br /> both streets provided, however,that this requirement R-CU .75 <br /> Space Ratio, min. <br /> does not reduce the width suitable for a building on <br /> said lot to less than 25 feet. (See graphic in Section Required R .028 <br /> 6.2.7). Recreation Space <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for Ratio, min. R-CU 031 <br /> one foot increase of the required front and side Gross Land Area, R-CU NR- 80,000 <br /> setbacks. min. (square feet) CU <br /> [4] R=residential, NR= non-residential, CU = <br /> conditional use Required <br /> [5] Permitted non-residential uses existing as of Pedestrian/ NR NR- <br /> .21 <br /> 5/6/98 shall be limited to a maximum floor area ratio Landscape Ratio, CU <br /> of.141 in the RB,AR, R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning min. <br /> districts. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-4 <br />