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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.9: Standards for Utilities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-104 <br /> <br />Districts <br />(a) Structures shall not exceed 16,000 sq.ft. of floor area. <br />(b) Schools shall involve only activities associated with Continuing <br />Education, Performing/Fine Arts, Sports and Recreation, and Trade <br />schools as defined herein. <br />(2) Standards for the GC-4, I2, I-3, EDB-2, and EDE-2 Zoning Districts <br />(a) Schools shall involve only activities associated with Continuing <br />Education, Performing/Fine Arts, Sports and Recreation, and Trade <br />schools as defined herein. <br />(3) Standards for the O/RM or MPD-CZ Zoning Districts <br />(a) All School: Technical, Trade, and Skill Training land uses, as defined <br />herein, shall be permitted. <br />(4) Applications proposing flight training schools shall submit documentation <br />identifying where actual flying activities are intended to occur. No on-site flying <br />activities, other than the use of simulators, shall be permitted. <br />(4)(5) Applications proposing a Community College shall require prior approval, and <br />budgetary allocation of funds by, the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners before being submitted for processing if County funding is <br />required. <br />(B) Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) All outdoor activity areas shall be buffered by a Type B land use buffer around its <br />perimeter in accordance with Section 6.8.6 of this Ordinance. <br /> <br />SECTION 5.9: STANDARDS FOR UTILITIES <br />5.9.1 Telephone Exchanges (without business offices), subscriber loop huts, pressure regulator <br />stations, water and sanitary sewer pumping stations <br />(A) General StandardsStandards of Evaluation <br />(1) The design of structures shall conform as closely as possible to the character of <br />the area in which it is located. <br />(2) Building or structures shall conform to the minimum building setback distances <br />for the applicable zoning district and shall not exceed 800 square feet in area. <br />(3) All buildings and structures shall be landscaped and screened according to the <br />standards that follow: <br />(a) Buildings and structures which resemble residential accessory structures <br />must be landscaped and maintained in the character of a residential <br />area. <br />(b) Any outside storage areas must be fenced with a minimum five foot <br />fence and the area screened from adjacent property according to the <br />standards in this section. <br />(c) Lighting in and around these facilities shall be constructed and shielded <br />so as not to shine directly on adjoining property used for or zoned for <br />residential purposes. Electrical and telephone service to the structure <br />shall be placed underground. Types of lighting to be considered shall <br />include, but not be limited to, indoor lights when visible through windows, <br />outdoor lighting, automobile headlights and signs. Devices to shield <br />lighting may include shades, fences, shrubs, trees and natural <br />conditions. <br />107