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33A <br />Public Hearing Ordinance <br />An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of Orange County <br />Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, that <br />the Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended, as follows: . <br />SECTIQN ONE: <br />4.12.12 Existing Commercial-V (EC~S) District <br />a) Intent <br />The purpose of the Existing Commercial-V (EC-5} District is to provide <br />a district to be used only during the application of zoning to previously <br />unzoned townships to accommodate existing commercial uses or in <br />zoned townships to previously zoned commercial property which is <br />not located in areas designated as Activity Nodes by the adapted <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />b) Application Criteria <br />This district will be applied to existing commercial uses in unzoned <br />townships and previously zoned commercial property located in areas <br />not designated ad Activity Nades in the adopted Comprehensive Plan. <br />This designation shall only be applied to property used for existing <br />commercial at the time of application of this ordinance. <br />4.12.13 o~e~ov~n <br />Notwithstanding Section 4.12.12 above, an Existing Commercial V <br />(EG-5) District eliminated or reduced to anon-functional lot as a <br />result of apublic-entity condemnation or partial taking may be re- <br />~tablished administratively provided the following criterion are met: <br />aj Use of the administratively approved district shall be the same <br />use as existed on the condemned or partially taken property. <br />b) New district shall be in close proximity, <br />c) Existing district shall be eliminated and returned to the zoning of <br />surrounding land. If the old district is adjacent to more than one <br />district, the tract shall be returned to the lowest use category. <br />d) Resuli~ng lot size shall meet or exceed minimum non-EC district <br />size for applicable use. Use shall not be expanded more than 10 <br />percent, <br />e) All impervious watershed limitations shall be met. <br />f) A twenty-(2Q) feet width landscaped buffer shall established <br />along the new right-of way. Design criteria shall be instituted <br />meeting commercial standards. <br />