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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.7: Economic Development Districts <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-61 <br /> <br /> <br />EDH-5 <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />HILLSBOROUGH OFFICE/FLEX <br />RESEARCH AND <br />MANUFACTURING <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS <br />Lot size, min., (acres) 4 2 18 <br />Lot Width, min. (feet) 300 200 <br />PURPOSE <br />Front Setback,from ROW, <br />min. (feet) 50 <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 <br />Economic Development District. <br /> <br />Some commercial services are also permitted accessory 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 impact on adjoining properties. <br />APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. (feet) 20 [1] <br />This district will usually be applied where the following conditions <br />exist: <br /> <br />1. This district will be applied in the Hillsborough Economic <br />Development District. <br /> <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. <br />Corner Setback, min. (feet) 50 [1] [2] <br />Rear Setback, min. (feet) 40 [1] <br />Height, max. (feet) 40 [3] <br /> <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <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 <br />adjacent residential district. <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, <br />however, that this requirement does not reduce the width suitable for <br />a building on said lot to less than 25 feet. (See graphic in Section <br />6.2.7). <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />[4] R = residential, NR = non-residential, CU = conditional use <br /> <br />Floor Area Ratio, max. <br />R-CU [4] <br />NR .65 <br />NR-CU .75 <br />Required Open Space <br />Ratio, min. .40 <br />Required Livability Space <br />Ratio, min. R-CU .45 <br />Gross Land Area, <br />min./max. <br />(square feet) <br />none <br />Required <br />Pedestrian/Landscape <br />Ratio, min. <br />NR <br />NR-CU .05 <br /> <br /> <br />18 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 /> 38