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AP-CZ <br />AIRPORT GENERAL <br />AVIATION DISTRICT <br />DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br />Tract size, min. (acres) none <br />Tract Front Setback <br />from ROW, min. (feet) No requirement [1] <br />PURPOSE Tract Side Setback, <br />min. (feet) No requirement [1] <br />The purpose of the Airport – General Aviation (AP-CZ) District is to <br />provide for potential development of aviation facilities while addressing <br />the impacts of such development on nearby land uses. <br /> <br />The goal of the AP-CZ district is to require that aviation facilities <br />mitigate impacts they cause while protecting nearby existing or <br />identified future land uses rather than requiring that surrounding land <br />uses adjust to an aviation facility.1 <br /> <br /> <br />APPLICABILITY Tract Rear Setback, <br />min. (feet) No requirement [1] <br />The district shall be located in such a manner as to cause the least <br />impact practical to the character of existing development of <br />surrounding properties, thus insuring the most appropriate use of land <br />in the county. <br /> <br />When evaluating an application for this district, emphasis shall be <br />given to the location of the proposed airport district, the relationship of <br />the site and site development plan to adjoining property, and the <br />development itself. <br /> <br />Height, max. (feet) No requirement [1] <br />Tract Floor Area Ratio, <br />max No requirement [1] <br />Required Open Space <br />Ratio, min. No requirement [1] <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br /> [1] The AP-CZ district is intended to allow for flexibility in dimensional <br />standards. The overall development will be evaluated to ensure <br />compatibility with surrounding properties and with the policies and <br />objectives of this Ordinance. Specific site design standards shall be <br />incorporated into the Planning Department-approved Site Plan. <br />Required Livability <br />Space Ratio, min. No requirement [1] <br />Required Recreation <br />Space Ratio, min. No requirement [1] <br />Required Pedestrian / <br />Landscape Ratio, min. No requirement [1] <br /> <br />AP-CZ DISTRICT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br /> <br />1. Applications for the AP-CZ district shall be accepted only for parcels with direct frontage and access from a State <br />maintained roadway.2 <br />2. Potential uses shall be restricted to those listed as permitted for the AP-CZ District in Section 5.2.3. <br />3. All roadways developed within the AP-CZ district shall be designed and constructed to the public road pavement standards <br />as defined by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.3 <br /> <br />1 Typically when an airport is developed local land use regulations restrict adjacent development to protect the <br />airport operation. From our standpoint what we are attempting to do is require the exact opposite, specifically an <br />airport should not create a significant impact on adjacent property owners use of their property. <br />2 Staff wants to ensure adequate access to a proposed airport facility by requiring frontage on a public road. <br />3 This is being recommended to ensure roadways can handle heavy equipment and emergency vehicles. <br /> 48