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Proposed Ordinance -Administration <br />An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance of Orange County <br />~ =Deleted Text <br />Bold Text =Proposed Text <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 />SE , TION ONE: <br />4.2.12 Existing Commercial-V (EC-5) 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 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 as 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 />c) Notwithstanding Sections a. and b. above, an Existing <br />Commercial V (EC-5) District eliminated or reduced to a non- <br />functional zoning lot as a result of apublic-entity condemnation <br />or partial taking may be amended by Board of County <br />Commissioner's legislative action provided the following <br />criterion are met: <br />REZONING PROCESS <br />a) The amended district acreage shall not be increased in size <br />by more than 10% of the existing parcel(s). The use shall be <br />the same primary use as listed in the Existing Commercial - V <br />(EC-5) inventory when the district was originally created. <br />b) The new district shall be contiguous to the existing district. <br />c) Land not rezoned or not included within the new petitioned <br />district shall be p®titioned, by the owner(s), to be returned to <br />the zoning classification of the surrounding land. In the <br />event there, is more than one adjacent zoning district, the <br />tract shall be returned to the lowest use category of the <br />2 <br />