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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.5: Standards for Residential Uses <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-38 <br /> <br />day. All deliveries must be made by vehicles of a size <br />normally used for household deliver ies. <br />b. All major home occupations shall conform to the <br />standards of Section 5.5.3(A)(2)(b)(ii)c. <br />c. Parking generated by the home occupation shall be met <br />off the street and set back at least 40 feet from all <br />property lines. <br />d. Major home occupations located on public roadways <br />may be required to submit a driveway permit prior to <br />approval. <br />e. Major home occupations located on shared private <br />roadways shall be required to submit a private road <br />maintenance agreement prior to approval. <br />(iii) Use of Accessory Structures <br />a. An accessory building containing up to 2,500 square feet <br />may be utilized, with the approval of a major home <br />occupation, on tracts totaling five to ten acres in size. An <br />Accessory building containing up to 3,000 square feet <br />may be utilized, with the approval of a major home <br />occupation, on tracts greater than ten acres in size. <br />b. All accessory structures shall be built with suitable <br />residential construction materials to resemble the <br />appearance of a residential accessory structure. <br />c. Setback standards for all accessory structures shall be <br />determined with the approved Special Use Permit and in <br />no case be less than 40 feet from all property lines.12 <br />d. The accessory structure must be screened from view of <br />the road and adjacent property by a densely planted <br />evergreen hedge of shrubs or trees. In lieu of an <br />evergreen hedge, a six foot stockade fence and <br />deciduous vegetation planted on the outside of the fence <br />may be used for screening purposes. Screening will not <br />be required when: <br />i. The accessory structure is located 80 feet or <br />more from all property lines; or <br />ii. Existing vegetation provides suitable screening <br />of the accessory structure from all adjacent <br />properties. <br />e. New accessory structures built for the purpose of <br />conducting a home occupation shall not exceed square <br />footage allowances referenced in Section <br />5.5.3.A(2)(e)(iii)a. <br />f. An existing accessory structure which is larger than the <br />permitted size referenced in Section 5.5.3.A(2)(e)(iii)a <br />may be used for the home occupation provided that no <br />more than the permitted amount of square feet is used <br /> <br />12 Proposed setback standards for accessory structures have been revised to address comments <br />received at the Quarterly Public Hearing. Proposed revisions will allow setbacks to be determined on a <br />case-by-case basis through the Special Use Permit process, but will still require a minimum setback of 40 <br />feet from all property lines. <br />32