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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.6: Standards for Commercial Service Uses <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-59 <br /> <br />SECTION 5.6: STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL SERVICE USES <br />5.6.1 Nightclubs, Bars and Pubs158 <br />(A) General Standards for Evaluation <br />(1) Buildings for nightclubs, bars and pubs shall not be located within 200 feet of a <br />residence. <br />5.6.1 Service Uses <br />(A) Standards for the LC-1, NC-2, and EC-5 Zoning Districts <br />(1) Shall be limited to no more than 12,000 sq.ft. of building area. <br />(B) Standards for the O/RM Zoning District <br />(1) Shall be limited to no more than 16,000 sq.ft. of building area as a principal use <br />of property. <br />5.6.2 Cemetery159 <br />(A) Submittal Requirements and Standards of Evaluation for Class B Special Use <br />Permit and <br />(1) Submittal Requirements <br />In addition to the information required by Section 2.7, the following shall be <br />submitted as part of the application: <br />(a) Evidence that the requirements of the North Carolina General Statutes <br />Chapter 65 can be achieved and that the standards of the N.C, <br />Cemetery Commission shall be met. <br />(2) Standards of Evaluation <br />(a) A minimum lot size of two acres is provided. <br />(b) The site shall have direct access to a collector or arterial street. <br />(c) There shall be adequate space within the site for the parking and <br />maneuvering of funeral cartilages. <br />(d) No interments shall take place within 30 feet of any lot line.160 <br />5.6.3 Eating and Drinking Establishments161 <br />(A) Use Standards <br />(1) Shall have frontage, and obtain access from, a public roadway. <br />(2) Buildings housing nightclubs, bars, and pubs shall not be located within 200 ft. of <br />a residential structure.162 <br />(3) Drive-thru facilities shall only be permitted within the CC-3, GC-4, EDE-2, EDB-2, <br /> <br />158 Combined with the Eating and Drinking Establishment use category.  <br />159 This was moved from the existing Miscellaneous land use category contained in Section 5.17.3.  <br />160 As previously indicated, there are instances where existing standards are shown as Red Underlined Text.  This is  <br />due to their relocation within Article 5.  If there are changes staff will identify same in Bold Red Underlined Text or  <br />Bold Red Strikethrough Text in instances where existing language is being eliminated.  These regulations, for  <br />example, are the existing standards governing the development of a cemetery.  <br />161 This combines restaurants, nightclub, pubs, bars, etc. into one central land use category.  Additional  <br />development standards will be added in a future text amendment.  <br />162 Existing regulations taken from Section 5.6.1.  Staff added the word structure to the standard for clarification.  <br />73