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Article 6: Development Standards 243 <br /> Section 6.2: Lot&Building Standards <br /> (1) Minimum lot area, lot width, and setback requirements as specified in Article 3 of <br /> this Ordinance may be reduced for lots created as part of a Flexible Development <br /> subdivision as provided in Section 7.13 of this Ordinance. <br /> (C) Flag Lots <br /> (1) Flag lots as defined in Article 10 are accommodated for as provided in Section <br /> 7.7 of this Ordinance. <br /> (D) Reuse of Existing Farm Buildings within the Rural Buffer Zoning District <br /> (1) Setback requirements may be lessened through the appropriate permitting <br /> process for agricultural support enterprise uses that reuse farm buildings in <br /> existence as of May 5, 2015 that are currently located within the required setback <br /> area. <br /> (a) This provision applies to agricultural support enterprise uses currently <br /> zoned RB. <br /> (b) The setback width shall not be lessened to a distance less than the <br /> setback required in the RBconventional zoning district. <br /> (c) For purposes of this subsection, agricultural support enterprise uses <br /> shall be defined as those permitted in the ASE-SZ-CD zoning district, as <br /> detailed within Section 5.2-3- 129of this Ordinance. <br /> 6.2.3 Clustering <br /> (A) UNIV-CA& UNIV- PW Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br /> (1) Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accordance with Section 7.12 of this <br /> Ordinance. <br /> (2) Each lot shall contain a minimum of one acre. <br /> (B) All Other Overlay Districts <br /> Clustering of residential lots is permitted in accordance with Section 7.13 of this <br /> Ordinance. <br /> 6.2.4 Irregular Lots <br /> Any irregular lot of record at the time these regulations became effective may be subdivided in <br /> compliance with applicable subdivision regulations and improvement requirements, to create <br /> additional regular lots, provided that such lots meet all requirements of the district and that no <br /> residual substandard lots remain as a result of such action. <br /> 6.2.5 Principal Uses <br /> There shall be no more than one principal use on any zoning lot except where: <br /> (A) Permitted as a CU District„r rZConditional -District; or <br /> (B) The parcel is located within an Economic Development District, Commercial <br /> Transition Activity Node, Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node, Rural <br /> Neighborhood Activity Node, or Rural Community Activity Node, as designated by the <br /> Comprehensive Plan; or <br /> (C) The parcel is less than 2 acres in size, and non-residential multiple uses are <br /> proposed within a single principal structure; or <br /> (D) One of the uses is an unstaffed telecommunications tower subject to a year-to-year <br /> or other short term lease; or <br /> 129 Old section reference that should have been changed with 2019 amendments. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-2 <br />