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Article 4: Overlay Zoning Districts 34 <br /> Section 4.6: Major Transportation Corridor <br /> 6.2 (Lot and Building Standards), 6.5 (Architectural Design Standards) and 6.6.4 (Major <br /> Transportation Corridor). <br /> 4.5.2 Applicability <br /> (A) This district is intended for all properties located north of the railroad tracks in a <br /> geographic area commonly referred to as "Efland" in accordance with the boundaries <br /> shown on the Orange County Zoning Atlas <br /> (B) The requirements of this Ordinance pertaining to the Efland Village Overlay District apply <br /> to all residential and non-residential land uses and developments in the designated <br /> district except for detached single-family residential land uses and developments. <br /> 4.5.3 Permitted Uses and Dimensional and Ratio Standards <br /> (A) Within the Efland Village Overlay District, uses of land and structures and Dimensional <br /> and Ratio Standards are those permitted in the underlying zoning district or districts. All <br /> other requirements for the use of land and structures contained in this Ordinance shall be <br /> met unless otherwise provided. <br /> (B) Setbacks and Building Height <br /> (1) In lieu of the front setback required in Article 3, the minimum front yard setback <br /> for properties fronting on U.S. Highway 70 shall be 30-feet. <br /> (2) In lieu of the front setback required in Article 3, the front yard setback for parcels <br /> located in the overlay district but not fronting on U.S. Highway 70 shall be in <br /> keeping with the front setback provided by adjacent uses. <br /> (3) The minimum side and rear setback shall be the width of the required Land Use <br /> Buffer(Section 6.8.6) or the setback required in Article 3, whichever is less, but <br /> in no case shall be less than 10-feet. <br /> (4) If Building Height Limitation modifications are pursued in accordance with <br /> Section 6.2.2(A), in no case shall building height exceed 40 feet. <br /> (C) Yard Encroachments <br /> (1) No fences shall be permitted in the front yard of lots used for non-residential uses <br /> unless a demonstrated need can be shown. <br /> (2) Fences located in the front yard of residential uses, other than single-family <br /> detached dwellings, shall be a maximum of five feet in height. <br /> SECTION 4.6: MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR <br /> 4.6.1 Intent <br /> (A) It is the intent of Orange County to protect and enhance those natural and environmental <br /> features which constitute important physical, aesthetic, recreational, and economic <br /> assets through the provision of special controls of public and private development along <br /> major transportation corridors. <br /> (B) The Board of County Commissioners finds as a fact that: <br /> (1) Major transportation corridors serve a key function in the orderly development of <br /> Orange County as major traffic movers, as well as serve as entrances to Orange <br /> County from outside the area. <br /> (2) These corridors and the character of the development which occurs along them <br /> establish for visitors and residents alike an indicator of the quality of life in the <br /> County, as well as the efficiency and safety of traffic movement through the area. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 4-18 <br />