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Article 5: Uses Section 5.14: Standards For Manufacturing, Assembly, & Processing, and Distribution Uses - Food Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-152 (3) Maximum building size: 3,000 square feet. (4) If located adjacent to residentially zoned property, all buildings and operations must be located a minimum of 200 feet from the property line. 5.14.25.14.1 Microbrewery, production only (A) Use Standards (1) Microbrewery Production Only and Microbrewery with Minor Events land uses, as defined within this Ordinance, shall be permitted as more than 1 principal use if located on a bona fide farm. Refer to Section 6.2.5 of this Ordinance. (2) Microbrewery with Major Events, as defined within this Ordinance, shall: (a) Only be permitted within the ASE-CZ and MPD-CZ Zoning Districts. (b) Shall not be permitted within the Rural Buffer land use classification, as designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan, as part of a Conditional Zoning District application. Refer to Section 5.1.3 of this Ordinance. (3) Specific Standards for RB and AR Zoning Districts (a) Only Microbrewery, Production Only shall be permitted for development. (B) Submittal Requirements (1) Applications for a Microbrewery, Production Only; Microbrewery with Minor Events; and Microbrewery with Major Events land uses, as defined within this Ordinance, shall include a comprehensive groundwater study, for facilities expected to use more groundwater on an annual basis than an average single family residence (which uses 240 gallons of water per day) built at the highest density the existing zoning district would allow. For example, if the existing zoning district allows a residential density of 1 unit for 2 acres and the proposed use is on a six acre parcel (which could yield 3 residences), the proposed use(s) may use three times the water used by an average single family residence (or 720 gallons per day, on an annualized basis) before a comprehensive groundwater study is required. The water usage rates of any existing use subject to zoning regulations located on the same lot shall be taken into account when determining if a comprehensive groundwater study is required. Said study shall detail: (a) The amount of water anticipated to be used on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis by regulated uses located on the parcel (e.g., water usage by bona fide farm uses is not required to be included); (b) An analysis of the amount of groundwater withdrawal considered to be safe and sustainable in the immediate vicinity; and (c) An analysis of whether other wells in the vicinity of the proposed use are expected to be affected by withdrawals made by the proposed use.176 (2) Additional Submittal Requirements for Microbrewery with Minor Events and Microbrewery with Major Events177 176ExistingregulationsgoverningtheevaluationofaMicrobrewery(productiononly,withminorevents,with majorevents)allrequirethesubmittedofagroundwaterstudy.Thislanguageisrepeatedin3separatesectionsof theUDOandisnowunnecessarilyredundantaswearecombiningall3activitieswithintheManufacturing, Assembly,Processing,andDistributionUses–Foodlandusecategory.Staffisrecommendingtheexisting conditionbeplacedunderacentralsubmittalrequirementwherewecanindicateallactivitieshavetoabidebythe requirementratherthanlistthesamestandard3separatetimes. 177SubmittalrequirementsforaMicrobrewerywithMinorEventsandMicrobrewerywithMajorEventsare identical.Staffiscombiningbothintoacentralsectiontoeliminateunnecessaryduplication. 113