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79 <br /> Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.3:Residential Districts <br /> • <br /> DIMENSIONALRB <br /> RATIO STANDARDS <br /> RURAL MM <br /> (square feet) Flexible <br /> Development <br /> Subdivision 40,000 <br /> Process <br /> Section 7.12 <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width,min. 130 <br /> The purpose of the Rural Buffer(RB)District is to provide (feet) <br /> locations for rural residential developments and agricultural, <br /> silvicultural or horticultural uses which serve to buffer or separate Front Setback from 40[1] <br /> more intensively planned and/or developed portions of Orange ROW,min.(feet) <br /> County. Development within the Rural Buffer(RB)District is at <br /> very low densities(the minimum lot size per dwelling unit is two Corner Side <br /> acres)and relies on individual wells and ground absorption <br /> systems for domestic water supply and sewage disposal, Setback,min. 40[2] <br /> respectively. (feet) <br /> APPLICABILITY Side Setback,min. 20[1] <br /> (feet) <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following conditions <br /> exist: Rear Setback,min. 20[1] <br /> (feet) <br /> 1. Designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as Rural <br /> Buffer or by the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan as <br /> Rural Residential or both. <br /> Height,max.(feet) 25[3] <br /> 2. Urban services,including water distribution and sewage <br /> collection mains,are not likely within 10-20 years. <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio, RR[q 0 <br /> [1]Accessory structures shall not be erected in any required front max. O 70 NR_CU .100-[5] <br /> open space and shall also conform to all other regulations. R-Cl[2]Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its side street Required Open <br /> shall observe a front yard setback from both streets provided, Space Ratio,min. NR .84 <br /> however,that this requirement does not reduce the width suitable NR-GU <br /> for a building on said lot to less than 25 feet. (See graphic in Required Livabi ty <br /> Section 6.2.7). Spare in. i <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. Required R .028 <br /> [4]R=residential,NR=non-residential,GIJ-GGRditional use Recreation Space <br /> -034 <br /> [5]Permitted non-residential uses existing as of 5/6/98 shall be Ratio,min. R OU <br /> limited to a maximum floor area ratio of.141 in the RB,AR,R-1, R CU ,fin <br /> R-2,R-3,and R-4 zoning districts. _ <br /> OR.(square feet) NR CU 240 <br /> 70 Staff recommends that the necessity of all of the ratios in the charts in this Article be studied as part of a future <br /> project. Many,if not all,of the ratios are obsolete,given other development requirements in the LIDO. <br /> 71 Throughout the charts in this Article,references to the former CU district are being deleted. Project <br /> review/approval will now be processed as a new conditional district(see Section 3.8). <br /> Orange County,North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-2 <br />