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102 <br /> Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.4:General Conventional Commercial Districts <br /> GENERAL DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br /> COMMERCIAL <br /> Lot Size,min.(square feet) 40,000[1] <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width,min.(feet) 75 <br /> The purpose of the General Commercial-4(GC 4)District is Front Setback from ROW,min. <br /> to provide suitable situated and sized sites that allow a (feet) 35 <br /> broad range of commercial,office and service uses. <br /> Performance standards will be used to insure the absence <br /> of adverse impacts beyond the zoning district boundary. <br /> Side Setback,min.(feet) None[2] <br /> APPLICABILITY <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following Rear Setback,min.(feet) None[2] <br /> conditions exist: <br /> 1. The site is within an area designated by the adopted ocated 45[3] <br /> Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition outside of a CTAN or CITAN <br /> Activity Node(CTAN),or Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node(CITAN). Height,max.(feet).,if located 60[3] <br /> within a CTAN or CITAN <br /> 2. Water and sewer mains exist at the site or are to be <br /> made available as part of the development process or the Floor Area Ratio,max.,if NR[4] 492 <br /> lot size for individual uses are appropriate to the method of located outside of a CTAN or <br /> water supply and sewage disposal. CITAN NIA GU <br /> Floor Area Ratio,max.,if <br /> located within a CTAN or .75 <br /> CITAN <br /> Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> min.,if located outside of a .71 <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: CTAN or CITAN <br /> [1]Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> method of water supply and sewage disposal. min.,if located within a CTAN .40 <br /> [2]Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to or CITAN <br /> residentially zoned land shall be equal to the required side Gress and Area, <br /> m,n m^ <br /> 425.600 <br /> or rear setback of the adjacent residential district. NR_CU <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one <br /> foot increase of the required front and side setbacks. Required <br /> [4]R=residential,NR=non-residential;GIConditional Pedestrian/Landscape Ratio, <br /> asp min.,if located outside of a 178 <br /> CTAN or CITAN <br /> Required <br /> Pedestrian/Landscape Ratio, .05 <br /> min.,if located within a CTAN <br /> ITAN <br /> DEVELOPMENTD••D <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the GC-4 District in Section 5.2,unless a Conditional Use(GIJ) <br /> or""�^C'District is approved see Section 3.8). Additionally,non-residential uses are restricted based on <br /> Orange County,North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-26 <br />