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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.21: STANDARDS FOR Retail Uses <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-177 <br /> <br />SECTION 5.21: STANDARDS FOR RETAIL USES <br />5.21.1 Retail <br />(A) Use standards <br />(1) Specific Standards for the LC-1, NC-2, and EC-5 Zoning Districts <br />(a) Uses shall be limited to 12,000 sq.ft. of building area.245 <br />(b) No outdoor sales/displays shall be permitted.246 <br />(2) Specific Standards for the CC-3 Zoning District <br />(a) Uses shall be limited to 24,000 sq.ft. of building area. <br />(b) Outdoor sales/displays shall be permitted subject to the following: <br />(i) No more than 20% of the property area shall be utilized to <br />support outdoor sales/displays. <br />(ii) Displays shall not be located within any required parking, septic <br />disposal, or land use buffer area on the property. <br />(iii) Displays shall not block entrances and exists to the structure. <br />(3) Outdoor sales/displays shall be allowed in other districts subject to the <br />following:247 <br />(a) No more than 25% of the property area shall be utilized to support <br />outdoor sales/displays. <br />(b) Displays shall not be located within any required parking, septic disposal, <br />or land use buffer area on the property. <br />(c) Displays shall not block entrances and exists to the structure. <br />5.21.2 Country Store248 <br />(A) General Standards for Evaluation <br />(1) Outdoor storage of products shall be permitted in the rear yard of the primary <br />structure and shall be screened from view of adjacent properties. <br />(2) Outdoor storage areas shall not be permitted to encroach upon required parking <br />spaces. <br />(3) All structures and outdoor storage areas shall be located a minimum of 100 feet <br />from adjacent residentially zoned property. <br />(4) The site shall be located on a major road, as classified in the Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan, unless permitted as an ASE-CZ. <br />(5) Parking shall not be located in the front yard space. <br /> <br />245 Existing regulations establish limitations on the development of retail uses in these districts to daily traffic trips.   <br />This is not an effective manner of regulating the intensity of the land use.  Staff has converted the existing  <br />standard into a square footage limitation to make it easier for the reader to identify what is and is not allowed.  <br />246 There are existing prohibitions on outdoor sales staff is incorporating into the new format.  <br />247 Staff is clarifying and incorporating existing interpretations on the outdoor display/sale of merchandise.  <br />248 Existing standards moved from Section 5.6.4 of the UDO.  Staff is recommending keeping the category for now.  <br />154