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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts <br /> Section 4.2: Watershed Protection <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-5 <br /> <br />(c) The Orange County Planning Department, in consultation with Orange <br />County Environmental Health and/or the Orange County Staff Engineer <br />has determined that encroachment of the structure into the stream buffer <br />and/or encroachment of the septic system or repair area into the stream <br />buffer or reservoir setback is necessary in order to provide adequate <br />area for septic disposal and repair while maintaining required <br />separations between wells, septic systems, structures and property lines; <br />and <br />(d) The Orange County Planning Department, in consultation with Orange <br />County Environmental Health and/or the Orange County Staff Engineer, <br />has determined that the relative locations of the well, septic system and <br />structure maximize the amount of watershed protection that can be <br />achieved while allowing development of the lot. Generally, an exception <br />to setbacks for repair area is preferable to an exception for the initial <br />septic system, and encroachment of structures or gravity septic systems <br />into the setback is preferable to the installation of a septic system pump. <br />(e) The amount of encroachment into the stream or reservoir buffer is the <br />minimum amount which can be obtained while meeting the criteria in (a) <br />through (d). <br />4.2.3 Land Use Restrictions <br />All uses and activities allowed in the underlying zoning district are permitted with the following <br />exceptions: <br />TABLE 4.2.3 LAND USE RESTRICTIONS <br />DISTRICT RESTRICTIONS <br />UNIV-CA <br />UNIV-PW <br />CANE-CA <br />U-ENO-CA <br />No new landfills are permitted. <br />No commercial or industrial uses are permitted except for commercial development, in <br />accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance, located within established Nodes as <br />detailed within the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />No new golf courses are permitted <br />UNIV-CA <br />CANE-CA <br />U-ENO-CA <br />No residual (sludge/biosolids) application is permitted. <br />CANE-PW <br />U-ENO-PW <br />HYCO-PW <br />LITTLE-PW <br />BACK-PW <br />FLAT-PW <br />HAW-PW <br />L-ENO-PW <br />JORDAN-PW <br />No discharging landfills are permitted. Industrial use is limited to nonhazardous light <br />industrial uses characterized by low water use (less than 10,000 gpd, excluding domestic <br />water (25 gpd per employee) and water used for heating and air conditioning). <br />4.2.4 Residential Density <br />Maximum residential density shall be as indicated in the Table in this subsection, or as required <br />by the underlying zoning district, whichever is less. <br />TABLE 4.2.4 RESIDENTIAL DENSITY <br />DISTRICT MAXIMUM DENSITY <br /> 25