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~~b~c ~~a~~~ag ®~d3r~ance <br />An Ordinance Amending tine 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 />SECTION ONE: <br />4.12.12 Existing Commercial-V (EC-5) District <br />a) Intent <br />1 ~~ <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 adopted <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 Nodes 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 <br />Notwithstanding Section 4.~12.'f 2 above, an Existing Commercial V <br />(EC-5) District eliminated or reduced to anon-functional lot as a <br />result of apublic-entity condemnation or partial taking may be re- <br />established administratively provided the following criiterion are met: <br />a) 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 />dis#rict, the tract shall be returned to the lowest use category. <br />d) Resulting lot siz® 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 imp®rvious watershed limitations shall be met <br />f) A twenty (20) feet width landscaped buffer shall established <br />along the new right-of-wav. Design criteria shall be instituted <br />