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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 3-14 <br /> <br /> <br />R-5 <br />HIGH INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL <br />DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br />Lot Size, min. (square <br />feet) 7,500 <br />PURPOSE Lot Width, min. (feet) 50 <br />The purpose of the High Intensity Residential (R-5) District is to <br />provide locations for high intensity residential development and <br />supporting recreational community, service, or educational uses <br />in areas where the full range urban services are available. <br /> <br />It is further intended that these districts be used to promote <br />economically mixed housing developments and to contribute to <br />the provision of a range of housing types for lower income <br />households. <br />Front Setback from <br />ROW, min. (feet) 20 [1] <br />Corner Side Setback, <br />min. (feet) 20 [2] <br />APPLICABILITY Side Setback, min. <br />(feet) 10 [1] <br />This district will usually be applied where the following <br />conditions exist: <br /> <br />1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as a <br />Transition Area which can reasonably be annexed by a <br />municipality in the ensuing 10-20 years, or within the Chapel Hill <br />Joint Planning Area located at an Activity Node designated by <br />the adopted Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />2. Water and sewer lines should exist at site or be assured of <br />installation as part of the development process. <br /> <br />3. Vehicular access must consist of direct access to a street <br />certified either arterial or collector as designated by the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />4. The full range of urban services exist or are proposed at the <br />time of the development including fire, police, recreation, <br />education, commercial and cultural activities. <br />Rear Setback, min. <br />(feet) 10 [1] <br />Height, max. (feet) 25 [3] <br />DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: <br />[1] Accessory structures shall not be erected in any required <br />front open space and shall also conform to all other regulations. <br />[2] Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its side street <br />shall observe a front yard setback from both streets provided, <br />however, that this requirement does not reduce the width <br />suitable for a building on said lot to less than 25 feet. (See <br />graphic in Section 6.2.7). <br />[3] Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br />increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br />[4] R = residential, NR = non-residential, CU = conditional use. <br />Floor Area Ratio, max. <br />R [4] <br />NR .174 <br />R - CU <br />NR - CU .200 <br />Required Open Space <br />Ratio, min. <br />R <br />NR .77 <br />R-CU <br />NR-CU .76 <br />Required Livability <br />Space Ratio, min. <br />R <br />R-CU .52 <br />Required Recreation <br />Space Ratio, min. <br />R .197 <br />R-CU .200 <br />Gross Land Area, min. <br />(square feet) <br />R-CU <br />NR-CU 10,000 <br />Required Pedestrian/ <br />Landscape Ratio, min. <br />NR .195 <br />NR-CU .19 <br /> <br />R-5 DISTRICT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS <br />1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the R-5 District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional Use (CU) or MPD- <br /> 25