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Article 5: Uses Section 5.6: Standards for Commercial Uses Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-64 (a) The amount of water anticipated to be used on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis by regulated uses located on the parcel (e.g., water usage by bona fide farm uses is not required to be included); (b) An analysis of the amount of groundwater withdrawal considered to be safe and sustainable in the immediate vicinity; and (c) An analysis of whether other wells in the vicinity of the proposed use are expected to be affected by withdrawals made by the proposed use. 5.6.15 Sexually Oriented Businesses (A) Submittal Requirements (1) In addition to the site plan submittal criteria detailed within Section 2.5 of this Ordinance the applicant shall submit proof a license has been issued allowing for the operation of a sexually oriented business in accordance with Chapter 8 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances. (B) Standards of Evaluation (1) Sexually oriented business(es) shall not be located in any building, or portion thereof, that is: (a) Within 1,000 feet of an existing sexually oriented business. (b) Within 1,000 feet of a: (i) Residential land use including any open space established as part of the residential subdivision approval process, (ii) Church and/or place of worship, (iii) School (public, private, or specialty), (iv) Public or private library, (v) State licensed child care facility, or (vi) Public park or recreational facility. (c) Measurement shall be made in a straight line, without regard to the intervening structures or objects, from the nearest portion of the building or structure used as the part of the premises where a sexually oriented business is conducted to the nearest portion of a building, structure, or open space area of a use listed above. 5.6.16 Retail Trade (Sectors 44, 45; excluding subsector 454 32 of the North American Industry Classification System [NAICS])33 (A) Standards for EDH-4 and EDH-5 Zoning Districts (1) Retail Trade uses are permitted in the EDH-4 and EDH-5 zoning districts only in accordance with the following standards: (a) The retail trade use(s) is part of an overall site plan that includes at least one other permitted Principal Use. (i) The other permitted Principal Use(s) must be established prior 32 The version of the amendments the Planning Board reviewed included this language but did not include standard (2). The language was revised based on comments made by the Attorney’s office; the intent of the language is unchanged. 33 These standards are being proposed in order to allow for some by-right mixed-use projects in the Hillsborough EDD while ensuring the scope of the overall project is not predominantly retail trade. Projects that contain a greater percentage of retail trade could still be permitted through the MPD-CZ or CUD process. 52