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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts (f) Windows on the street frontage side of a building shall be limited to 40% of the total building façade. (g) The principal building shall be oriented facing towards the fronting street. (h) Building Access (i) A functional doorway for public or direct-entry access into a building shall be provided from the fronting street. (ii) Corner entrances should be provided on corner lot buildings. (iii) Additional entrances to a building may be provided. (i) Rooflines & Materials (i) Decorative cornices shall be provided for buildings with a flat roof, defined as roofs with a pitch less than 3:12. (ii) Eaves shall be provided with a pitched roof, defined as roofs with a pitch greater than 3:12. (iii) Pitched roofs are generally preferred over flat roofs. (iv) All rooftop mechanical equipment (i.e. vents, ducts, communication antennas, HVAC units, etc) shall be screened from view or designed and installed in a manner using materials and colors compatible with the building architecture. (v) Highly reflective roofing materials shall be avoided. All proposed metal roofing should be standing seam or copper. Galvanized steel and tin roofs are permitted. (j) Residential manufactured structures are not permitted for conversion to a non-residential use. (H) Additional Architectural Standards for existing single-family structures being converted into non-residential use: (1) The exterior façade of an existing single-family residence proposed for conversion into non-residential use shall not be altered to accommodate new non-residential land uses except where modifications are necessary to address building or fire code requirements. (2) Any structures proposed for removal shall either be moved to another location for re-use contemporaneously with the construction of the new structure or be deconstructed in such a manner that the resultant materials are suitable for re- use by the deconstructing party or others in future building projects. It is the intent of this Sub-Section that the removed structure be recycled to the extent possible. 6.6.3 Efland Interstate 23 (A) Circulation and Connectivity (1) All site planning for property east of Mount Willing Road shall take into account the need for a connecting roadway between Mount Willing Road and the Interstate 85/U.S. Highway 70 Connector.24 (2) All site planning west of Mount Willing Road shall take into account:25 23 Existing Section 6.6.3 (Major Transportation Corridor) has been renumbered to 6.6.5. References is existing Sections 4.5.1 and 6.8.12 will be updated. 24 (1) and (2) are putting concepts from the EMSAP and an adopted access management plan into regulations. 25 Because (a) is suggested for removal, (b) will become the remainder of this sentence. Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-31 33