Agenda - 01-24-2017 - 6-g - Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments - Subdivision Regulations and Processes

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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 31 Section 3.3: Residential Districts R.1 DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS RURAL RESIDENTIAL Lot Size, min. (square 40,000 feet) PURPOSE Lot Width, min. (feet) 130 The purpose of the Rural Residential (R-1) District is to provide Front Setback from locations for rural non-farm residential development, at very low 40 [1] ROW, min. (feet) intensities, in areas where the short and long-term solutions to domestic water supply and sewage disposal shall be individual wells and ground absorption system. Corner Side Setback, 40 [2] min. (feet) APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. 20 [1] (feet) This district will usually be applied where the following conditions exist: Rear Setback, min. (feet) 20 [1] 1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as Rural Residential. 2. Urban services, including water distribution and sewage Height, max. (feet) 25[3] collection mains, are not likely within 10-20 years. DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: R-CU [4] .058 [1]Accessory structures shall not be erected in any required Floor Area Ratio, max. NR 088[5] front open space and shall also conform to all other regulations. NR-CU .100[5] [2]Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its side street Required Open Space R-CU NR 84 shall observe a front yard setback from both streets provided, Ratio, min. NR-CU however, that this requirement does not reduce the width Required Livability suitable for a building on said lot to less than 25 feet. (See R-CU .75 9 ( Space Ratio, min. graphic in Section 6.2.7). R 028 [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Required Recreation increase of the required front and side setbacks. Space Ratio, min. R-CU .031 [4] R=residential, NR= non-residential, CU =conditional use Gross Land Area, min. R-CU NR- [5] Permitted non-residential uses existing as of 5/6/98 shall be (square feet) CU 80,000 limited to a maximum floor area ratio of.141 in the RB,AR, R-1, Required Pedestrian/ NR NR- R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts. .21 Landscape Ratio, min. CU R-1 DISTRICT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the R-1 District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional Use(CU) or MPD-CZ District is approved (see Section 3.8). 2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 and all applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. 3. While the Minimum Lot Size may be 40,000 square feet, the density permitted on a given parcel is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.4 for a breakdown of the allowable density(i.e., the number of individual dwellings that can be developed on a parcel of property). 4. Allowable impervious surface area is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.5 for a breakdown of the allowable impervious surface area. 5. For lots outside of a Watershed Protection Overlay District(see Section 4.2), the minimum usable lot area for lots that utilize ground absorption wastewater systems shall be 30,000 square feet for parcels between 40,000 square feet and 1.99 acres in size; zoning lots two acres and greater in size shall have a minimum usable lot area of at least 40,000 square feet. For Subdivisions utilizing the Flexible Development Option the required wastewater system area may be contained either within the residential lot or within dedicated easement and/or septic lot that is recorded and maintained within allowed open space areas, and as further defined in NC DHHS DPH Innovative Waste Water System Approval IWWS 2016-01. Under the Flexible Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-6