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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts <br /> Section 4.2: Watershed Protection <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-5 <br /> <br />(e) The amount of encroachment into the stream or reservoir buffer is the <br />minimum amount which can be obtained while meeting the criteria in (a) <br />through (d). <br />4.2.3 Land Use Restrictions <br />All uses and activities allowed in the underlying zoning district are permitted with the following <br />exceptions: <br />TABLE 4.2.3 LAND USE RESTRICTIONS <br />DISTRICT RESTRICTIONS <br />UNIV-CA <br />UNIV-PW <br />CANE-CA <br />U-ENO-CA <br />No new landfills are permitted. <br />No commercial or industrial uses are permitted except for commercial development, in <br />accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance, located within established Nodes as <br />detailed within the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />No new golf courses are permitted <br />UNIV-CA <br />CANE-CA <br />U-ENO-CA <br />No residual (sludge/biosolids) application is permitted. <br />CANE-PW <br />U-ENO-PW <br />HYCO-PW <br />LITTLE-PW <br />BACK-PW <br />FLAT-PW <br />HAW-PW <br />L-ENO-PW <br />JORDAN-PW <br />No discharging landfills are permitted. Industrial use is limited to nonhazardous light <br />industrial uses characterized by low water use (less than 10,000 gpd, excluding domestic <br />water (25 gpd per employee) and water used for heating and air conditioning). <br />4.2.4 Residential Density <br />Maximum residential density shall be as indicated in the Table in this subsection, or as required <br />by the underlying zoning district, whichever is less. <br />TABLE 4.2.4 RESIDENTIAL DENSITY <br />DISTRICT MAXIMUM DENSITY <br />UNIV-CA <br />UNIV-PW <br />1 du/five acres. <br />Lots of record existing on October 2, 1989 may contain up to, but no more than, five lots <br />with a density of one du/two acres. Contiguous lots of record existing on October 2, 1989 <br />may be combined into one parcel for development. The number of two-acre lots and the <br />total number of lots in the combined parcel cannot exceed the sum of the number of lots <br />which could be created from each lot of record. <br />CANE-CA <br />CANE-PW <br />1 du/ five acres <br />Lots of record existing on October 19, 1999 may contain up to, but no more than, five lots as <br />small as two acres in size. Contiguous lots of record existing on October 19, 1999 may be <br />combined into one parcel for development. The number of two-acre lots and the total <br />number of lots in the combined parcel cannot exceed the sum of the number of lots which <br />could be created from each lot of record. <br />U-ENO-CA <br />LITTLE-PW 1 du / 2 acres <br />HYCO-PW <br />FLAT-PW 1 du/ 40,000 square feet (.92 acre) <br />U-ENO-PW <br />L-ENO-PW <br />HAW-PW <br />JORDAN-PW <br />BACK-PW <br />Maximum density is as permitted in the underlying zoning district. <br />Structural BMPs are required in some cases where density exceeds 1 dwelling unit per <br />acre. Refer to Section 4.2.5. <br />28