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Article 5: Uses Section 5.6: Standards for Commercial Service Uses Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-61 glare. (8) On-site parking shall be provided in accordance with Section 6.9 of this Ordinance. (9) The site shall meet the landscaping and buffer requirements established in Section 6.8 of this Ordinance. However, property recognized by the state or the county as a historic site, or as containing a significant historic structure, shall receive a full or partial waiver of the road-front land use buffer to maintain the historic character of the site and the traditional view of the house from the roadside. (10) The applicant shall be responsible for satisfying all review and permitting requirements of other public agencies, including but not limited to NCDOT driveway permits. (11) Outdoor events (e.g. weddings, receptions, parties) or similar activities conducted for compensation shall be permitted, only if there is sufficient overflow parking available on site. Overflow parking does not have to be paved or graveled but must be on a suitable (even) surface. (12) Any application for a bed & breakfast operation that does not include any changes to an existing structure, and therefore does not require a Certificate of Occupancy to begin operations, shall submit documentation from the Fire Marshal and Building Inspections Division that all areas open to the public meet state regulations. 5.6.9 Short Term Rental Large – Host Occupied125 (A) Use Standards (1) Shall be served by direct access onto a State maintained road. (2) Short Term Rental Large uses shall be considered a commercial land use. As a result it may not be permitted within all protected or critical Watershed Protection Overlay Districts as detailed in Section 4.2 of this Ordinance. (3) Minimum required lot size shall be:126 (a) Five acres with no on-site eating establishment; (b) 10 acres with an on-site eating establishment served by a private well and septic system. (4) Allowed as more than 1 principal use if location on a bona fide farm. Refer to Section 6.2.5 of this Ordinance. (B) Submittal Requirements127 (1) In addition to the information required by Section 2.5 of this Ordinance, the following information shall be provided on the site plan: (a) Location, width, and type of all internal vehicular and pedestrian circulation, and parking requirements. (b) Location and dimensions of all on site signage. (c) Boundaries of the site. 125 This combines Bed and Breakfast Inn and County Inn into a single land use category that will be processed through the Class A Special Use Permit process. 126 Minimum acreage requirements are consistent with existing regulations contained within Section(s) 5.6.6 (A) (2) (n) and 5.6.7 (A) (2) (n). 127 Submittal requirements are consistent with existing regulations contained within Section(s) 5.6.6 (A) (1) and 5.6.7 (A) (1). 83