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Article 3: Base Zoning Districts 112 <br /> Section 3.5: Industrial Districts <br /> DIMENSIONALEl . RATIO STANDARDS <br /> EXISTING INDUSTRIAL <br /> Lot Size, min., per use g0,000 <br /> (square feet) <br /> • <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 200 <br /> The purpose of the Existing Industrial (EI)district is to provide a <br /> district to be used only during the application of zoning, to <br /> previously unzoned townships to accommodate existing industrial Front Setback from 50 <br /> uses not located in areas designated as Industrial Transition ROW, min. (feet) <br /> Activity Node or Rural Industrial Activity Node by the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan. 11 Side Setback, min. 1 APPLICABILITY 50 [1] <br /> (feet) <br /> EIN <br /> This district shall only be applied to accommodate existing (at the <br /> time of the application of the Zoning Ordinance to previously Rear Setback, min. <br /> unzoned Townships) industrial uses located in areas not (feet) 50 [1] <br /> designated Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node or <br /> Rural Industrial Activity Node in the adopted Comprehensive <br /> Plan. <br /> It is further intended that this district shall not be applied to any Height, max. (feet) 45 [2] <br /> use that has adverse impacts beyond the immediate space <br /> occupied b the buildin .— <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio, max. .200 <br /> [1] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially Required Open Space <br /> zoned land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of Ratio, min. .80 <br /> the adjacent residential district. <br /> [2]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot Required <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. Pedestrian/Landscape .20 <br /> Ratio, min. <br /> DEVELOPMENTE-1 DISTRICT SPECIFIC D• -D <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the El District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional Use or <br /> 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 /> 68 This has been an incomplete sentence since the UDO was adopted in 2011. Staff looked up the exact language <br /> of the former Zoning Ordinance and added it. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-40 <br />