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Article 3: Base Zoning Distri%18 <br /> Section 3.4: Conventional Commercial Districts <br /> SECTION • • COMMERCIAL <br /> LIC-1 DiMENSIONAL AND RATio STANDARDS <br /> LOCAL COMMERCIAL <br /> Lot Size, min. (square feet) None[1] <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 75 <br /> The purpose of the Local Commercial-1(LC-1) District is <br /> to provide appropriately located and sized sites for Front Setback from ROW, <br /> limited commercial uses designed to serve a population min. (feet) 15 <br /> at the neighborhood and rural level with convenience <br /> goods and personal services. Performance standards <br /> will be used to ensure the absence of adverse impacts <br /> beyond the immediate space occupied by the building. Side Setback, min. (feet) 15[2] <br /> Rear Setback, min. (feet) 15 [2] <br /> Height, max. (feet), if located 25[3] <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following outside of a CTAN or CITAN <br /> conditions exist: <br /> Height, max. (feet), if located 35[3] <br /> 1. Site is located within areas designated by the adopted within a CTAN or CITAN <br /> Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition <br /> Activity Node(CTAN), a Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node(CITAN), a Rural Community Activity Node Floor Area Ratio, max., if <br /> located outside of a CTAN or NR[4] 100 <br /> or a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node. <br /> CITAN <br /> 2. Uses would serve a market area population confined <br /> to the immediate area and would generally not serve <br /> commuters or persons outside the surrounding Floor Area Ratio, max., if <br /> neighborhood. located within a CTAN or NR .40 <br /> CITAN <br /> Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> min., if located outside of a NR .80 <br /> CTAN or CITAN <br /> Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> min., if located within a CTAN .55 <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: or CITAN <br /> [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the <br /> method of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Recreation Space <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to Ratio, min. R .074 <br /> residentially zoned land shall be equal to the required <br /> side or rear setback of the adjacent residential district. Required Pedestrian/ <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one Landscape Ratio, min. , if NR .20 <br /> foot increase of the required front and side setbacks. located outside of a CTAN or <br /> [4] R= residential, NR= non-residential CITAN <br /> Required Pedestrian/ <br /> Landscape Ratio, min. , if NR .05 <br /> located within a CTAN or <br /> CITAN <br /> DEVELOPMENTLC-1 DISTRICT SPECIFIC STANDARDS <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the LC-1 District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional District is <br /> approved (see Section 3.8). Additionally, non-residential uses are restricted based on the Watershed <br /> Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 for land use restrictions. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-20 <br />