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Article 5: Uses Section 5.20: Standards for OFFICE AND FINANCIAL SERVICE USES Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-176 (1) Equipment storage yards shall be: (a) Setback a minimum of 50 ft. from all property lines. (b) Enclosed by a minimum 6 ft. high fence. (c) Screened along all sides with a Type A Land Use Buffer as detailed in Section 6.8 of this Ordinance. 5.18.15.20.3 Research Facility Without Manufacturing241 (A) Use Standards (1) Use shall not be permitted as a Conditional Zoning District. Refer to Section 5.1.3 of this Ordinance. (B) Standards for the NC-2 Zoning District (1) Uses shall be limited to 12,000 sq.ft. of building area242 (C) Standards for the O/RM Zoning District 243 (1) The following Multiple Uses are permitted in the O/RM zoning district when the Principal Use type is Research Facility Without Manufacturing and adhere to the standards of Section 5.15.2(C)(2): (a) Banks & Financial Institutions Services244 (b) Service land uses limited to Beauty & Barber Shops, Laundry and Dry Cleaning Services (c) Eating and Drinking Establishments limited to Nightclubs, Bars, Pubs, Restaurants Carry Out and General. (d) Retail, Class 1 limited to 12,000 sq.ft. of building area (e) Manufacturing, Assembly, Processing, and Distribution Uses – Other limited to Printing & Lithography (2) Multiple Uses, identified in Section 5.15.2(C)(1), are permitted in the O/RM zoning district only in accordance with the following standards: (a) The site plan must shall identify the square footage of each structure by type of use. (b) The Principal Use type of Research Facility Without Manufacturing must be established on the site. (c) The Multiple Use shall not exceed 25% of the total square footage of all structures on the site. 240 Existing standards are not specific on setbacks and land use buffer. Staff is taking existing staff interpretations and incorporating same as the regulation of this land use, which is now being broken out into a separate category as part of this amendment process. 241 This is the existing Research Facility land use category. The words ‘Without Manufacturing’ have been added to create a distinction between this category and the ‘Research Facility with Manufacturing’ land use category also contained herein. 242 As indicated throughout this document there are size and intensity limitations for land uses within various general use zoning districts. Staff is recommending a specific, measurable, standard to allow the reader to identify what will and will not be permitted. 243 These are existing standards moved from Section 5.17.9 of the UDO. Please note staff is recommending modifications to ensure consistency with other proposed changes. 244 Staff is recommending changes denoted in Blue Bold Underlined Text to ensure consistency with other recommending changes in the references to a specific land use category. 153