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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 24 <br /> Section 3.7: Economic Development Districts <br /> E D H_5 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> HILLSBOROUGH Lot size, min., (acres) 4222 <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 494 200 <br /> PURPOSE <br /> The purpose of the Economic Development Hillsborough Office/Flex <br /> Research and Manufacturing (EDH-5) District is to provide locations <br /> for a wide range of research, assembling,fabricating and light <br /> manufacturing activities, and such ancillary industrial activities as <br /> warehousing and distribution in the designated Hillsborough Front Setback,from ROW, <br /> Economic Development District. min. (feet) 50 <br /> Some commercial services are also permitted accc:cory to industrial <br /> development-if they are part of a cohesive development plan that is <br /> predominantly comprised of permitted non-residential uses and <br /> provided all access is provided internally. The district is established <br /> to provide locations for research and industrial development which <br /> have little or no im.act on adoinin. .ro.erties. <br /> APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. (feet) 20[1] <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following conditions Corner Setback, min. (feet) 50 [1] [2] <br /> exist: <br /> 1. This district will be applied in the Hillsborough Economic <br /> Development District. Rear Setback, min. (feet) 40 [1] <br /> 2. This district shall only be applied where water and sewer are <br /> available at the site or are to be made available to the site as part of <br /> the development approval process. Height, max. (feet) 40 [3] <br /> R-CU [4] 65 <br /> NR max. <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio, NR-CU .75 <br /> [1] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially zoned <br /> land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of the Required Open Space <br /> adjacent residential district. Ratio, min. .40 <br /> [2]Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its side street <br /> shall observe a front yard setback from both streets provided, Required Livability Space R CU 45 <br /> however, that this requirement does not reduce the width suitable for Ratio, min. <br /> a building on said lot to less than 25 feet. (See graphic in Section Gross Land Area, <br /> 6.2.7). <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot min./max. none <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. se uare feet <br /> [4] R= residential, NR=non-residential, CU =conditional use Required NR <br /> Pedestrian/Landscape .05 <br /> NR-CU <br /> Ratio, min. <br /> 22 In order to promote economic development opportunities,Staff is suggesting lowering the minimum lot size to 2 <br /> acres. A 4-acre minimum lot size for projects that must be located on public water and sewer(see#2 under <br /> Applicability) is relatively large. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-61 <br />