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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts <br /> Section 3.4: General Conventional Commercial Districts <br /> DIMENSIONAL . RATIO STANDARDS <br /> JAG RICU LTU RAIL <br /> ERVICE <br /> Lot Size, min., per use 40,000 [1] <br /> (square feet) <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 200 <br /> The purpose of the Agricultural Service(AS) District is to provide Front Setback from 50 <br /> sites in the rural portion of the County for rural non-farm, non- ROW, min. (feet) <br /> residential uses which support the horticultural, silvicultural, and <br /> agricultural uses of the AR districts. <br /> Side Setback, min. 20 [2] <br /> (feet) <br /> APPLICABILITY <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following conditions Rear Setback, min. 20 [2] <br /> exist: (feet) <br /> 1. Site is within areas designated by the adopted Comprehensive <br /> Plan as Agricultural Residential. Height, max. (feet) 45 [3] <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio, max. None <br /> [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the method <br /> of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Open Space <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially Ratio, min. .83 <br /> zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of <br /> the adjacent residential district. Required <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Pedestrian/Landscape .208 <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. Ratio, min. <br /> DEVELOPMENTAS DISTRICT SPECIFIC STANDARDS <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the AS District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional Use (GIJ) <br /> or MPD—C7 District is approved (see Section 3.8). Additionally, non-residential uses are restricted based on <br /> the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 for land <br /> use restrictions. <br /> 2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 <br /> and all applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. See Sections 6.2.5 and <br /> 6.2.6 if more than one principal use or principal structure is proposed on a non-residential zoning lot. <br /> 3. Residential uses are not permitted in this district. <br /> 4. Allowable impervious surface area is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the <br /> property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.6 for a breakdown of the allowable impervious surface area. <br /> Additionally, Section 4.2.6 may require a larger lot size for non-residential uses than is contained in the <br /> Dimensional and Ratio Standards Table. <br /> 5. For lots outside of a Watershed Protection Overlay District(see Section 4.2), the minimum usable lot area <br /> for lots that utilize ground absorption wastewater systems shall be 30,000 square feet for parcels between <br /> 40,000 square feet and 1.99 acres in size; zoning lots two acres and greater in size shall have a minimum <br /> usable lot area of at least 40,000 square feet. <br /> 6. Proposed subdivisions are subject to all applicable subdivision standards detailed in Article 7. Note that <br /> Article 7 provides for different dimensional requirements than those shown in the Dimensional and Ratio <br /> Standards table depending upon the type of subdivision proposed and the percentage of open space <br /> provided. <br /> 7. Subdivisions proposing private roads are subject to larger setbacks and minimum lot sizes than those listed <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-32 <br />