Agenda - 11-14-2017 - D.2 - Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Zoning Atlas Amendments

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Article 4: Overlay Zoning District, Section 4.6: Major Transportation Corridor --_ = MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR 4.7.14.6.1 Intent ) It is the intent of Orange County to protect and enhance those natural and environmental features which constitute important physical, aesthetic, recreational, and econo .ssets through the provision of special controls of public and private develop• ent along ma's transportation corridors. (B) The Boa • of County Commissioners finds as a fact that: (1) Major : sportation corridors serve a key function in e orderly development of Orange Co.•t as major traffic movers, as well a erve as entrances to Orange County from o 'de the area. (2) These corridors and - character of th- •evelopment which occurs along them establish for visitors and idents a' e an indicator of the quality of life in the County, as well as the efficient - d safety of traffic movement through the area. (3) In addition, the ability of di I--rent ar-: of the County to attract and accommodate differen pes of develop-tent depends on the capacity of the thoroughfare syste • and the character and • ality of development along major corridors. (C) The Major Transp• ation Corridor district is intended to enhan - the attractiveness and orderly develo• ent of land adjacent to major transportation facili through the provision • . set of development standards and regulations for applic- ••n to public and private .evelopment of land adjacent to these corridors. The major transp••-tion cor '.ors include the interstate system as designated in the adopted Comprehensive • an. (D) The district establishes development standards (see Section 6.6.64) and a site plan review process for development within the district. (See Section 2.5). 424.6.2 Applicability ) The Major Transportation Corridor(MTC) district is established as a district wh'.h overlays other zoning districts established in this Ordinance. The new use •,"any land or .ny new structure within the MTC district shall comply with the use re• . -tions applicable to •- underlying zoning district as well as the requirements of the '• C district. (B) The pro '".'ons, requirements and restrictions of this district all not apply to the use of land within t - district for single family or two-family dw- ' gs or to any building or structure existin• •rior to the creation of this district . ess it is structurally altered to the extent of increasing •e floor area by 50%or m• or is enlarged to any degree to occupy a vacant lot. (C) This district shall be applied a . g a interstate highway in the County designated in the adopted Comprehensive Plan a ch and to any proposed interstate highway designated in the adopted C• prehe .ive Plan as such. (D) The minimum length • e district shall be . ontinuous distance along the thoroughfare within the County'. urisdiction and outside oft' : extraterritorial planning jurisdictions of the Towns of - • sborough, Chapel Hill, and Carrbo and the City of Mebane. (E) The mi urn width of the district is 1,250 feet from the e.•e of the right-of-way m-- ured along a line which is perpendicular to the edge of •- right-of-way on each side • the roadway, except at interstate interchanges where the Dist shall extend 2,500 feet from the right-of-way on each side of the intersecting road. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-17