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Article 5: Uses 239 <br /> Section 5.20: Standards for Retail Uses <br /> Specific Standards for the CC-3 Zoning District <br /> Uses shall be limited to 24,000 sq.ft. of building are <br /> (b) tdoor sales/displays shall be permitted su ' ct to the following: <br /> (i) more than 20% of the pro y area shall be utilized to <br /> supp outdoor sales/dis ys. <br /> (ii) Displays sh of ocated within any required parking, septic <br /> disposal, or I buffer area on the property. <br /> (iii) Displa hall not block a ances and exists to the structure. <br /> (3) Outdoor sales/di ays shall be allowed in other ' ricts subject to the following: <br /> (a) ore than 25% of the property area shall be ' 'zed to support <br /> outdoor sales/displays. <br /> Displays shall not be located within any required parking, sep ' disposal, <br /> or land use buffer area on the property. <br /> (c) Displays shall not block entrances and exists to the structure. <br /> 521 25.20.2 Country Store <br /> (A) General Standards for Evaluation <br /> (1) Outdoor storage of products shall be permitted in the rear yard of the primary <br /> structure and shall be screened from view of adjacent properties. <br /> (2) Outdoor storage areas shall not be permitted to encroach upon required parking <br /> spaces. <br /> (3) All structures and outdoor storage areas shall be located a minimum of 100 feet <br /> from adjacent residentially zoned property. <br /> (4) The site shall be located on a major road, as classified in the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan, unless permitted as an ASE-GZCD. <br /> (5) Parking shall not be located in the front yard space. <br /> (6) Application materials shall include a comprehensive groundwater study, f <br /> facilities expected to use more groundwater on an annual basis than average <br /> single family residence (which uses 240 gallons of water per day ilt at the <br /> highest density the existing zoning district would allow. For e ple, if the <br /> e ' ting zoning district allows a residential density of 1 uni or 2 acres and the <br /> propo d use is on a six acre parcel (which could yiel residences), the <br /> proposed (s) may use three times the water us by an average single family <br /> residence (or gallons per day, on an annu 'zed basis) before a <br /> comprehensive gro water study is requi d. The water usage rates of any <br /> existing use subject to z 'ng regulatio located on the same lot shall be taken <br /> into account when deter mini if a mprehensive groundwater study is required. <br /> Said study shall detail: <br /> (a) The amount of w r anticipate be used on a daily, weekly, monthly, <br /> and annual b is by regulated use ted on the parcel (e.g., water <br /> usage by na fide farm use is not requi to be included); <br /> (b) An alysis of the amount of groundwater withdr al considered to be <br /> e and sustainable in the immediate vicinity; and <br /> (c An analysis of whether other wells in the vicinity of the prop d use are <br /> expected to be affected by withdrawals made by the proposed u <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-130 <br />