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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 5-62 <br /> <br />from adjacent residentially zoned property. <br />(4) The site shall be located on a major road, as classified in the Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan, unless permitted as an ASE-CZ. <br />(5) Parking shall not be located in the front yard space. <br />(6) Application materials shall include a comprehensive groundwater study, for <br />facilities expected to use more groundwater on an annual basis than an average <br />single family residence (which uses 240 gallons of water per day) built at the <br />highest density the existing zoning district would allow. For example, if the <br />existing zoning district allows a residential density of 1 unit for 2 acres and the <br />proposed use is on a six acre parcel (which could yield 3 residences), the <br />proposed use(s) may use three times the water used by an average single family <br />residence (or 720 gallons per day, on an annualized basis) before a <br />comprehensive groundwater study is required. The water usage rates of any <br />existing use subject to zoning regulations located on the same lot shall be taken <br />into account when determining if a comprehensive groundwater study is required. <br />Said study shall detail: <br />(a) The amount of water anticipated to be used on a daily, weekly, monthly, <br />and annual basis by regulated uses located on the parcel (e.g., water <br />usage by bona fide farm uses is not required to be included); <br />(b) An analysis of the amount of groundwater withdrawal considered to be <br />safe and sustainable in the immediate vicinity; and <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) Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) No sexually oriented business(es) shall be located in a building or on a premises <br />where alcohol or alcoholic beverages are sold or in a building or on a premises <br />that allows alcohol or alcoholic beverages to be consumed. <br />(2) 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 />(3) Signs are allowed, as permitted by Section 6.12, but may not include promotional <br />displays, flashing lights, or photographs, silhouettes, drawings, or pictorial <br />representations of any manner depicting sexual activity, themes or nudity. <br />27