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Article 6: Development Standards <br /> Section 6.6: Additional Standards for Overlay Districts <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-31 <br /> <br />(f) Windows on the street frontage side of a building shall be limited to 40% <br />of the total building façade. <br />(g) The principal building shall be oriented facing towards the fronting street. <br />(h) Building Access <br />(i) A functional doorway for public or direct-entry access into a <br />building shall be provided from the fronting street. <br />(ii) Corner entrances should be provided on corner lot buildings. <br />(iii) Additional entrances to a building may be provided. <br />(i) Rooflines & Materials <br />(i) Decorative cornices shall be provided for buildings with a flat <br />roof, defined as roofs with a pitch less than 3:12. <br />(ii) Eaves shall be provided with a pitched roof, defined as roofs with <br />a pitch greater than 3:12. <br />(iii) Pitched roofs are generally preferred over flat roofs. <br />(iv) All rooftop mechanical equipment (i.e. vents, ducts, <br />communication antennas, HVAC units, etc) shall be screened <br />from view or designed and installed in a manner using materials <br />and colors compatible with the building architecture. <br />(v) Highly reflective roofing materials shall be avoided. All proposed <br />metal roofing should be standing seam or copper. Galvanized <br />steel and tin roofs are permitted. <br />(j) Residential manufactured structures are not permitted for conversion to a <br />non-residential use. <br />(H) Additional Architectural Standards for existing single-family structures being <br />converted into non-residential use: <br />(1) The exterior façade of an existing single-family residence proposed for <br />conversion into non-residential use shall not be altered to accommodate new <br />non-residential land uses except where modifications are necessary to address <br />building or fire code requirements. <br />(2) Any structures proposed for removal shall either be moved to another location for <br />re-use contemporaneously with the construction of the new structure or be <br />deconstructed in such a manner that the resultant materials are suitable for re- <br />use by the deconstructing party or others in future building projects. It is the <br />intent of this Sub-Section that the removed structure be recycled to the extent <br />possible. <br />6.6.36.6.2 Efland Interstate <br />(A) Circulation and Connectivity <br />(1) All site planning for property east of Mount Willing Road shall take into account <br />the need for a connecting roadway between Mount Willing Road and the <br />Interstate 85/U.S. Highway 70 Connector. <br />(2) All site planning west of Mount Willing Road shall take into account the need for <br />a connecting roadway between Mount Willing Road and Buckhorn Road, as <br />depicted on the Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan, adopted <br />November 11, 2011. <br />(3) In order to manage access on public streets, a site shall be permitted no more <br />than one entrance/exit point unless justified by: <br /> 61