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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.2: Lot & Building Standards <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-2 <br /> <br />(1) Minimum lot area, lot width, and setback requirements as specified in Article 3 of <br />this Ordinance may be reduced for lots created as part of a Flexible Development <br />subdivision as provided in Section 7.13 of this Ordinance. <br />(C) Flag Lots <br />(1) Flag lots as defined in Article 10 are accommodated for as provided in Section <br />7.7 of this Ordinance. <br />(D) Reuse of Existing Farm Buildings within the Rural Buffer Zoning District <br />(1) Setback requirements may be lessened through the appropriate permitting <br />process for agricultural support enterprise uses that reuse farm buildings in <br />existence as of May 5, 2015 that are currently located within the required setback <br />area. <br />(a) This provision applies to agricultural support enterprise uses currently <br />zoned RB. <br />(b) The setback width shall not be lessened to a distance less than the <br />setback required in the RB general use zoning district. <br />(c) For purposes of this subsection, agricultural support enterprise uses <br />shall be defined as those permitted in the ASE-CZ zoning district, as <br />detailed within Section 5.2.3 of this Ordinance. <br />(E) Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning Districts <br />(1) Minimum lot area, lot width, structural height, and setback requirements for <br />Master Plan Development (MPD-CZ) and Rural Master Plan Development <br />(RMPD-CZ) Conditional Zoning districts shall be determined as part of the <br />project’s review process as detailed in Section 2.9, and in accordance with the <br />provisions of Section 6.7, of this Ordinance.13 <br />6.2.3 Clustering <br />(A) UNIV-CA & UNIV – PW Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br />(1) Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accordance with Section 7.12 of this <br />Ordinance. <br />(2) Each lot shall contain a minimum of one acre. <br />(B) All Other Overlay Districts <br />Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accordance with Section 7.13 of this <br />Ordinance. <br />6.2.4 Irregular Lots <br />Any irregular lot of record at the time these regulations became effective may be subdivided in <br />compliance with applicable subdivision regulations and improvement requirements, to create <br />additional regular lots, provided that such lots meet all requirements of the district and that no <br />residual substandard lots remain as a result of such action. <br />6.2.5 Principal Uses <br />There shall be no more than one principal use on any zoning lot except where: <br />(A) Permitted as a CU District or CZ District; or <br />(B) The parcel is located within an Economic Development District, Commercial Transition <br />Activity Node, Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node, Rural Neighborhood <br /> <br />13 Language added by staff clarifying how minimum lot area and setbacks are determined for both master plan  <br />conditional zoning districts.  <br /> 130