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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.3: Residential Districts <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-6 <br /> <br /> <br />R-1 <br />RURAL RESIDENTIAL <br />DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br />Lot Size, min. <br />(square feet) <br />Conventional <br />Subdivision <br />Process <br />(Article 7) <br />40,000 <br />Flexible <br />Development <br />Subdivision <br />Process <br />(Section <br />7.12) <br />Proposed <br />Open <br />Space <br />Allowable <br />Minimum <br />Lot Size <br />33-39% 40,000 <br />40-44% 30,000 <br />45-49% 20,000 <br />50-59% 15,000 <br />60% and <br />over 10,000 <br />PURPOSE <br />Lot Width, min. <br />(feet) <br />Conventional <br />Subdivision <br />Process (Article 7) <br />130 <br />The purpose of the Rural Residential (R-1) District is to <br />provide locations for rural non-farm residential <br />development, at very low intensities, in areas where the <br />short and long-term solutions to domestic water supply <br />and sewage disposal shall be individual wells and <br />ground absorption system. <br />Flexible <br />Development <br />Subdivision <br />Process (Section <br />7.12) <br />100 <br />Front Setback from <br />ROW, min. (feet) 40 [1] [6] <br />Corner Side <br />Setback, min. (feet) 40 [2] [6] <br />APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. <br />(feet) 20 [1] [6] <br />This district will usually be applied where the following <br />conditions exist: <br /> <br />1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as <br />Rural Residential. <br /> <br />2. Urban services, including water distribution and <br />sewage collection mains, are not likely within 10-20 <br />years. <br />Rear Setback, min. <br />(feet) 20 [1] [6] <br />Height, max. (feet) 25 [3] <br /> <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br />[1] Accessory structures shall not be erected in any <br />required front open space and shall also conform to all <br />other regulations. <br />[2] Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its <br />side street shall observe a front yard setback from both <br />streets provided, however, that this requirement does <br />not reduce the width suitable for a building on said lot to <br />less than 25 feet. (See graphic in Section 6.2.7). <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one <br />foot increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />[4] R = residential, NR = non-residential, CU = <br />conditional use <br />[5] Permitted non-residential uses existing as of 5/6/98 <br />shall be limited to a maximum floor area ratio of .141 in <br />the RB, AR, R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts. <br />[6] Required setbacks for lots created through the <br />Flexible Development design process as detailed in <br />Section 7.12 of this Ordinance may be reduced by 25% <br />with the preservation of more than 33% open space for <br />Floor Area Ratio, <br />max. <br />R-CU [4] .058 <br />NR .088 [5] <br />NR-CU .100 [5] <br />Required Open <br />Space Ratio, min. <br />R-CU <br /> NR <br />NR-CU <br />.84 <br />Required Livability <br />Space Ratio, min. R-CU .75 <br />Required <br />Recreation Space <br />Ratio, min. <br />R .028 <br />R-CU .031 <br />Gross Land Area, <br />min. (square feet) <br />R-CU <br />NR-CU 80,000 <br />Required <br />Pedestrian/ <br />Landscape Ratio, <br />min. <br />NR <br />NR-CU .21 <br /> 17