§ 38-830. Performance standards.

Performance standards are hereby established in order to assure adequate levels of light, air, building space, lot coverage, and density; to maintain and enhance locally recognized values of community appearance and design; to encourage the combination of smaller parcels into functional sites; to accommodate multiple ownership of land and improvements within the development; to provide for collective ownership of common areas; to promote functional compatibility of uses; to promote the safe and efficient circulation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic; and to otherwise provide for orderly site development standards in order to protect the public health, safety and general welfare.

(1)

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 3.0.

(2)

Minimum lot size: Six thousand (6,000) square feet.

(3)

Minimum width: Eighty (80) feet on major streets as identified in article XV, sixty (60) feet for all other streets. Corner lots shall be one hundred (100) feet on major streets as identified in article XV, eighty (80) feet on all other streets.

(4)

Minimum front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet, or major street setback as specified in article XV, whichever is greater.

(5)

Minimum side yard: Zero (0) feet, fifteen (15) feet when abutting a residential district, fifteen (15) feet from a side street or as otherwise provided in article XV.

(6)

Minimum rear yard: Twenty (20) feet.

(7)

Minimum setbacks: Fifty (50) feet from the normal high water elevation on every natural surface water body.

(8)

Minimum floor area: Five hundred (500) square feet.

(9)

Minimum open space shall be in accordance with Orange County Code chapter 24, article II, open space regulations.

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 10, 12-15-92)

(10)

Maximum building height: Fifty (50) feet, except thirty-five (35) feet within one hundred (100) feet of any residential use or district.

(11)

Landscaping, buffering and open space requirements shall be as provided for in Orange County Code, chapter 24.

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 13, 12-15-92)

(12)

Refuse or solid waste areas shall comply with the following:

a.

Shall not be located within any front yard;

b.

Shall not be located within any landscape buffer;

c.

Shall be located at least five (5) feet from any side or rear property line;

d.

Shall be located at least fifteen (15) feet from any side street; and

e.

Disposal areas shall be screened in accordance with and otherwise comply with sections 9-560 and 24-4(f), Orange County Code.

(Ord. No. 97-05, § 6, 4-29-97)

(13)

No entrances or exits shall direct traffic into adjacent residential districts.

(P & Z Res., art. X, § 5; Ord. No. 95-16, § 22, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 98-37, § 11, 12-15-98; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 15, 9-13-16)