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Article 3: Base Zoning Distrie4e <br /> Section 3.4: Conventional Commercial Districts <br /> DIMENSIONALNC-2 . RATIO STANDARDS <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD <br /> Lot Size, min. (square <br /> COMMERCIAL <br /> feet) 2,000[1] <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 20 <br /> The purpose of the Neighborhood Commercial-2(NC-2) <br /> District is to provide appropriately located and sized sites Front Setback from ROW, <br /> for limited commercial uses designed to serve a population min. (feet) 50 <br /> at the neighborhood and rural level with convenience <br /> goods and personal services. Performance standards will <br /> be used to ensure the absence of adverse impacts beyond <br /> the lot boundaries of the use. <br /> Side Setback, min. (feet) None[2] <br /> APPLICABILITY <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following <br /> conditions exist: Rear Setback, min. (feet) None[2] <br /> 1. Located within areas designated by the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition <br /> Activity Node(CTAN), Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node(CITAN), Rural Neighborhood Activity Node, Height, max. (feet) 35[3] <br /> or Rural Community Activity Node. <br /> 2. Uses would serve a market area population confined to Floor Area Ratio, max., if <br /> the immediate area and would generally not serve located outside of a CTAN NR[4] .200 <br /> commuters or persons outside the surrounding or CITAN <br /> neighborhood. <br /> Floor Area Ratio, max., if <br /> located within a CTAN or NR .40 <br /> CITAN <br /> Required Open Space <br /> Ratio, min ., if located NR .76 <br /> outside of a CTAN or <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: CITAN <br /> [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the <br /> method of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Open Space <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to Ratio, min ., if located 55 <br /> within a CTAN or CITAN <br /> residentially zoned land shall be equal to the required side <br /> or rear setback of the adjacent residential district. Required Recreation <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one Space Ratio, min. R .111 <br /> foot increase of the required front and side setbacks. <br /> [4] R= residential, NR= non-residential Required Pedestrian/ <br /> Landscape Ratio, min., if NR .19 <br /> located outside of a CTAN <br /> or CITAN <br /> Required Pedestrian/ <br /> Landscape Ratio, min., if NR .05 <br /> located within a CTAN or <br /> CITAN <br /> DEVELOPMENTNC-2 DISTRICT SPECIFIC DA-D <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the NC-2 District in Section 5.2, unless a Conditional <br /> District is approved (see Section 3.8). Additionally, non-residential uses are restricted based on the <br /> Watershed Protection Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3for land use <br /> restrictions. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-22 <br />