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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.6: Standards for Commercial Uses <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-64 <br /> <br />(c) An analysis of whether other wells in the vicinity of the proposed use are <br />expected to be affected by withdrawals made by the proposed use. <br />5.6.15 Sexually Oriented Businesses <br />(A) Submittal Requirements <br />(1) In addition to the site plan submittal criteria detailed within Section 2.5 of this <br />Ordinance the applicant shall submit proof a license has been issued allowing for <br />the operation of a sexually oriented business in accordance with Chapter 8 of the <br />Orange County Code of Ordinances. <br />(B) Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) Sexually oriented business(es) shall not be located in any building, or portion <br />thereof, that is: <br />(a) Within 1,000 feet of an existing sexually oriented business. <br />(b) Within 1,000 feet of a: <br />(i) Residential land use including any open space established as <br />part of the residential subdivision approval process, <br />(ii) Church and/or place of worship, <br />(iii) School (public, private, or specialty), <br />(iv) Public or private library, <br />(v) State licensed child care facility, or <br />(vi) Public park or recreational facility. <br />(c) Measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to the <br />intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building <br />or structure used as the part of the premises where a sexually oriented <br />business is conducted to the nearest portion of a building, structure, or <br />open space area of a use listed above. <br />5.6.16 Retail Trade (Sectors 44, 45; excluding subsector 454 of the North American Industry <br />Classification System [NAICS])33 <br />(A) Standards for EDH-4 and EDH-5 Zoning Districts <br />(1) Retail Trade uses are permitted in the EDH-4 and EDH-5 zoning districts only in <br />accordance with the following standards: <br />(a) The retail trade use(s) is part of an overall site plan that includes at least <br />one other permitted Principal Use 34. <br />(i) The other permitted Principal Use(s) must be established prior <br />to, or concurrent with, the retail trade use(s). <br />(b) The square footage of structures(s), or portion of structures, to be used <br />utilized for retail trade use(s) does not exceed 25% of the total square <br />footage of all structures included on the overall site plan. <br />(c) The square footage of structures(s), or portion of structures, to be used <br />utilized for uses that are subject to square footage restrictions in the <br /> <br />33 These standards are being proposed in order to allow for some by-right mixed-use projects in the Hillsborough <br />EDD while ensuring the scope of the overall project is not predominantly retail trade. Projects that contain a <br />greater percentage of retail trade could still be permitted through the MPD-CZ or CUD process. <br />34 The County Attorney’s office suggested that “Principal Use” be capitalized in a different text amendment. <br />Planning staff is capitalizing it here in order to keep the UDO as consistent as possible.