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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.3: Residential Districts <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-6 <br /> <br /> <br />R-1 <br />RURAL RESIDENTIAL <br />DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br />Lot Size, min. <br />(square feet) <br />Standard Lot <br />Size – <br />Conventional <br />Subdivision <br />Process <br />(Section 7.12): <br />40,000 <br /> <br /> <br />Lot Size – <br />Flexible <br />Development <br />Subdivision <br />Process <br />(Section 7.12): <br />Proposed <br />Open <br />Space <br />within <br />subdivision: <br />Allowable <br />Minimum <br />Lot Size <br />(sq. ft.): <br />33-39% 40,000 <br />40-44% 30,000 <br />45-49% 20,000 <br />50-59% 15,000 <br />60% and <br />over 10,000 <br />PURPOSE <br />Lot Width, min. <br />(feet) <br />Standard Lot Width <br />– Conventional <br />Subdivision <br />Process (Section <br />7.12): <br /> <br /> <br />130 <br />The purpose of the Rural Residential (R-1) District <br />is to provide locations for rural non-farm <br />residential development, at very low intensities, in <br />areas where the short and long-term solutions to <br />domestic water supply and sewage disposal shall <br />be individual wells and ground absorption system. <br />Flexible <br />Development <br />Subdivision <br />Process – Lot width <br />(Section 7.12) <br /> <br />100 9 <br />Front Setback <br />from ROW, min. <br />(feet) <br />40 [1] [6] <br />Corner Side <br />Setback, min. <br />(feet) <br />40 [2] [6] <br />APPLICABILITY Side Setback, <br />min. (feet) 20 [1] [6] <br />This district will usually be applied where the <br />following conditions exist: <br /> <br />1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive <br />Plan as Rural Residential. <br /> <br />2. Urban services, including water distribution <br />and sewage collection mains, are not likely within <br />10-20 years. <br />Rear Setback, <br />min. (feet) 20 [1] [6] <br />Height, max. (feet) 25 [3] <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br />[1] Accessory structures shall not be erected in <br />any required front open space and shall also <br />conform to all other regulations. <br />[2] Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on <br />its side street shall observe a front yard setback <br />from both streets provided, however, that this <br />Floor Area Ratio, <br />max. <br />R-CU [4] .058 <br />NR .088 [5] <br />NR-CU .100 [5] <br />Required Open <br />Space Ratio, min. <br />R-CU NR NR- <br />CU .84 <br />Required Livability <br />Space Ratio, min. R-CU .75 <br /> <br />9 Same rationale as Footnote 7.  <br /> 147