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Article 3: Base Zoning Distriaig <br /> Section 3.7: Economic Development Districts <br /> DIMENSIONAL . • - . <br /> B Lot size, min., per use <br /> No requirement[1] <br /> (square feet) <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> BUCKHORN LOWER <br /> Lot Width, min. (feet) No requirement[1] <br /> PURPOSE <br /> "rontSetback WromW��w <br /> ROW, min. (feet) Vehicle Use <br /> Areas, Storage 10 <br /> Areas, Signs <br /> The purpose of the Economic Development Buckhorn Lower Buildings/ 25[2] <br /> Intensity(EDB-1)District is to provide locations for a range of lower Side Setback, min. Structures <br /> intensity non-residential uses in the designated Buckhorn Economic (feet) Vehicle Use <br /> Development District. Areas, Storage 10[2] <br /> Areas, Signs <br /> Buildings/ 25[2] <br /> Rear Setback, min. Structures <br /> (feet) Vehicle Use <br /> Areas, Storage E <br /> [2] <br /> Areas, Signs <br /> This district will usually be applied where the following conditions Driveway Setback from <br /> exist: Property lines, min. 10 <br /> 1. Site is located within the designated Buckhorn Economic feet <br /> Development District. Setbacks between <br /> 2. Urban services, such as water and sewer mains, are highly Buildings, min. (feet) 20 <br /> desirable, but not required if acceptable alternatives are available. <br /> Any proposed use having reasonable access to water or sewer <br /> systems shall be required to connect to the systems regardless of Height, max. (feet) 60 [3] <br /> the availability of acceptable alternatives. <br /> DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS NOTES: Floor Area Ratio, max. NR[4] .60 <br /> [1] Evaluated as part of the Site Plan review process. Required Open Space <br /> [2] Required side and rear setbacks adjacent to residentially zoned Ratio, min. .45 <br /> land shall be equal to the required side or rear setback of the <br /> adjacent residential district. Gross Land Area <br /> [3]Two feet of additional height shall be allowed for one foot min./max. None <br /> increase of the required front and side setbacks. (square feet) <br /> [4] R= residential, NR= non-residential Required Pedestrian/ <br /> Landscape Ratio, min. NR 05 <br /> EDBA DISTRICT SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENTSTANDARDS <br /> 1. Uses shall be restricted to those indicated for the EDBA 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 Protection <br /> Overlay District in which the property is located. Refer to Section 4.2.3 for land use restrictions. Uses Permitted by <br /> Right require the approval of a Site Plan as outlined in Section 2.5. <br /> 2. Development projects unable to meet all Standards required for Site Plan approval may be submitted as an <br /> appropriate Conditional District(see Section 3.8). <br /> 3. The impervious surface limit in this district is 70% if detention ponds are provided. Other requirements for impervious <br /> surface are located in Sections 4.2.5 and 4.2.6. <br /> 4. For lots outside of a Watershed Protection Overlay District(see Section 4.2), the minimum usable lot area for lots <br /> that utilize ground absorption wastewater systems shall be 30,000 square feet for parcels between 40,000 square <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 3-44 <br />