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Article 5: Uses Section 5.1: Establishment of Use Regulations Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-2 (C) In addition to the listing of such uses, the Board of County Commissioners intends that the general standards and the more specific requirements established herein, shall be used by the Board of Adjustment, the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners, as appropriate, to direct deliberations upon application or the approval of Special Uses. (D) It is the express intent of the Board of County Commissioners to delineate the areas of concern connected with each Special Use and to provide standards by which applications for such Special Use shall be evaluated. (E) Establishment of Classes of Special Uses; Authority To Approve or Disapprove There are hereby established the following classes of Special Uses which shall be approved or disapproved as shown: (1) Class A - Approved or disapproved by Board of County Commissioners (2) Class B - Approved or disapproved by Board of Adjustment 5.1.4 Conditional Uses (A) The Board of County Commissioners is mindful of its responsibility to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the residents of Orange County and intends to encourage development within the County consistent with that purpose. (B) The Board of County Commissioners also recognizes that certain uses are appropriate for development in Orange County but their location and site development specifics cannot be predetermined or regulated through the use of a general zoning district designation and conventional standards. (C) Conditional Uses and Conditional Use Districts are hereby established and shall be reviewed in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (D) Permitted Uses (1) Any use listed as Permitted by Right or by Special Use Permit on the Table of Permitted Uses may be approved as a Conditional Use within a Conditional Use District, unless expressly excluded in Section 5.1.4(E) of this Ordinance. (2) Permitted uses are subject to all general and specific standards of approval for that use, as established within this Section. (E) Exclusions (1) Unless otherwise noted in Section 5.2, the following uses shall not be considered or approved as a Conditional Use District within the Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node or Economic Development Transition Activity Node land use classifications, as designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan: (a) Airports, General Aviation, Heliports, S.T.O.L, (a)(b) Airport, Private Airfield,1 (b)(c) Class II Kennels, (c)(d) Commercial Feeder Operation, (d)(e) Composting Operation with grinding, (e)(f) Crematoria, (f)(g) Extraction of Earth Products, (g)(h) Junkyards, 1 Staff is modifying existing language to be consistent with proposed new airport classification methodology. It is not our intent to allow these land uses to be approved through the Conditional Use District process. 50