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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 84 <br /> Section 3.3: Residential Districts <br /> SECTION <br /> DIMENSIONALRB • RATIO STANDARDS <br /> RURAL BUFFER MM <br /> (square feet) MM <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 /> res ectivel (feet) <br /> 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, NR 4 .088 5 <br /> [1]Accessory structures shall not be erected in any required front max.666 <br /> open space and shall also conform to all other regulations. <br /> [2]Any corner lot having an abutting interior lot on its side street Required Open RGU <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 L ivabi4 Y RGU <br /> Section 6.2.7). a5 <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, GU - Recreation Space <br /> [5] Permitted non-residential uses existing as of 5/6/98 shall be Ratio, min. # GU <br /> limited to a maximum floor area ratio of.141 in the RB, AR, R-1, rY^c� ,„� oYo, U <br /> R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts. <br /> .174 <br /> min (square fool <br /> NR-GU �n n <br /> 66 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 UDO. <br /> 67 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 />