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Article 3: Base Zoning Distriq$9 <br /> Section 3.4: Conventional Commercial Districts <br /> GC-4 <br /> DIMENSIONAL AND RATIO STANDARDS <br /> GENERAL <br /> Lot Size, min. (square feet) 40,00000MMERCIAL <br /> [1] <br /> PURPOSE <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) 75 <br /> The purpose of the General Commercial-4(GC 4) District <br /> is to provide suitable situated and sized sites that allow a Front Setback from ROW, 35 <br /> broad range of commercial, office and service uses. min. (feet) <br /> Performance standards will be used to ensure the <br /> absence of adverse impacts beyond the zoning district <br /> boundary. <br /> Side Setback, min. (feet) None [2] <br /> APPLICABILITY <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following Rear Setback, min. (feet) None [2] <br /> conditions exist: <br /> 1. The site is within an area designated by the adopted Height, max. (feet) ., if located 45 [3] <br /> Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Transition outside of a CTAN or CITAN <br /> Activity Node(CTAN), or Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> Activity Node(CITAN). Height, max. (feet) ., if located 60 [3] <br /> within a CTAN or CITAN <br /> 2. Water and sewer mains exist at the site or are to be <br /> made available as part of the development process or the Floor Area Ratio, max., if <br /> lot size for individual uses are appropriate to the method located outside of a CTAN or NR[4] .492 <br /> of water supply and sewage disposal. CITAN <br /> Floor Area Ratio, max., if <br /> located within a CTAN or .75 <br /> CITAN <br /> Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: min., if located outside of a .71 <br /> [1] Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the CTAN or CITAN <br /> method of water supply and sewage disposal. Required Open Space Ratio, <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to min., if located within a CTAN .40 <br /> residentially zoned land shall be equal to the required side or CITAN <br /> 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 <br /> foot increase of the required front and side setbacks. located outside of a CTAN or .178 <br /> [4] R= residential, NR= non-residential CITAN <br /> Required Pedestrian/ <br /> Landscape Ratio, min., if .05 <br /> located within a CTAN or <br /> CITAN <br /> DEVELOPMENTGC-4 DISTRICT SPECIFIC D• -D <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the GC-4 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 4.2.3 for land use <br /> restrictions. <br /> 2. Development within the zoning district shall be subject to all applicable use standards detailed in Article 5 <br /> and all applicable development standards detailed in Article 6 of this Ordinance. See Sections 6.2.5 and <br /> 6.2.6 if more than one principal use or principal structure is proposed on a non-residential zoning lot. <br /> 3. The residential density permitted on a given parcel is based on the Watershed Protection Overlay District <br /> in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.4 for a breakdown of the allowable density(i.e., the <br /> number of individual dwellings that can be developed on a parcel of property). <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-26 <br />