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U' h~ <br />designation of the area to Rural Buffer entails a shift to Orange County zoning -Rural <br />Buffer zoning in this case, <br />Comparison of R-LD1 Zoning with RB Zoninq <br />Chapel Hill R-LD1 and Orange County RB are both residential districts. A partial listing <br />of permitted uses common to both includes: <br />1. Single family dwellings w/wo efficiency apartment <br />2. Manufactured housing <br />3. Places of worship <br />4, Adult day care facility <br />5. Child day care facility <br />A quick comparison of the two zoning districts reveals the following dimensional <br />requirements: <br />Zoning Minimum Maximum Minimum Min, Front Min, Max. <br />District Lot Size Density Frontage Setback Interior Bldg. <br /> Setbacks Hei ht <br />RB 87,120 SF 0.5 unit/ 130 feet 40 feet 20 feet 25 feet <br /> 2 acres acre <br />R-LD1 43,560 SF 1.0 unit/ 100 feet 30 feet 16 feet 29 feet <br /> 1 acre acre <br />Non-Conforming Lots <br />The area proposed for rezoning contains 84 parcels totaling 208.7 acres, Seventeen of <br />these are less than one acre, 18 are between one acre and 1.99 acres, and the <br />remaining 49 parcels are greater than two acres in size. This translates into 17 non- <br />conforming lots under the current R-LD1 zoning and 35 non-conforming under RB <br />zoning. Article 11,7.1 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance states the following <br />concerning "Non-Conforming Lots For One-Family Detached Dwellings.." <br />A one-family detached dwelling and customary accessory structures may be <br />erected, occupied and used on a separate non-conforming lot of record in accord <br />with other requirements applying in the districts. <br />Jurisdiction <br />A potential jurisdictional issue concerns parcels split by the Chapel Hill Extraterritorial <br />Jurisdiction (ETJ) line. Of the 84 properties in the area, 40 are intersected by the line to <br />varying degrees, Nineteen of these lots have more than 50% of their area in the <br />Transition Area, For split properties with existing buildings, the side of the line on which <br />the structure is located should be the determining factor regarding jurisdiction, <br />Undeveloped lots will be determined by the proposed location of a new structure. <br />Jurisdiction for larger undeveloped properties proposed for subdivision will have to be <br />G:\Comprehensive Planning Div\GENL•\2004 Public HcaringsN4ar 29 JPA\RB RezoningV2B Rezoning OC StafYMemo doc <br />