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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 5-60 <br /> <br />EDH-4, and MPD-CZ Zoning Districts.163 <br />5.6.4 Funeral Homes <br />(A) Use Standards <br />(1) Shall not be permitted as a Conditional Use District. Refer to Section 5.1.3 of <br />this Ordinance. <br />(2) On-site Crematoria shall only be permitted within the I-1 and I-2 Zoning Districts. <br />5.6.5 Garden Center164 <br />(A) Use Standards <br />(1) Rental of moving vehicles shall be permitted as a customary accessory <br />use.165 <br />(B) Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) Outdoor display and storage of goods will be permitted. <br />(2) Outdoor storage of bulk goods shall be located to the rear or side of the primary <br />building and screened on three sides by an eight foot high opaque wall or fence. <br />(3) Outdoor storage for bulk goods shall be limited to 1,500 square feet per acre of <br />the zoning lot. <br />5.6.35.6.6 Massage Business <br />(A) General Standards for Evaluation <br />(1) Must comply with the Ordinance for the Control of Massage and Massage <br />Establishments <br />(2) The submittal of construction plans for all existing and proposed buildings <br />housing the massage business. The construction plans shall include floor plans <br />and cross sections showing the proposed use of all portions of such buildings. <br />(3) For existing buildings, certification by the Orange County Building Inspector that <br />the structure(s) complies with the North Carolina Building Code and all related <br />construction codes. <br />(3) Garden Center166 <br />(B) General Standards for Evaluation167 <br />(1) Outdoor display and storage of goods will be permitted. <br />(2) Outdoor storage of bulk goods shall be located to the rear or side of the primary <br />building and screened on three sides by an eight foot high opaque wall or fence. <br />(3) Outdoor storage for bulk goods shall be limited to 1,500 square feet per acre of <br />the zoning lot. <br /> <br />163 This reflects existing limitations on where drive‐thru facilities can be developed within the County.  <br />164 Regulations governing the development of a Garden Center were somehow included as part of the regulations  <br />for a Massage Business.  Staff is correcting the error and moving the standards to the appropriate location.  <br />165 We have several garden centers in the County that rent vehicles for moving (i.e. U‐Haul trucks, etc.).  We are  <br />adding language in Bold Blue Underlined Text to make sure previous determinations made by staff that such an  <br />activity is a customary accessory use are being added.  Additional regulatory standards will be added during a  <br />future amendment to address number of allowed vehicles, storage, parking, screening, etc.  <br />166 When the UDO was created provisions governing the development of a ‘Garden Center’ were included with  <br />regulations associated with a massage business.  This error is being corrected.  <br />167 Moved to Section 5.6.5 of the UDO.  <br />74