§ 38-855. 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)

Floor area ratio shall not exceed three (3).

(2)

Minimum lot size: Eight thousand (8,000) square feet.

(3)

Minimum lot width: One hundred (100) feet on major streets as identified in Article XV, eighty (80) feet for all other streets. Corner lots shall be one hundred twenty-five (125) feet on major streets as identified in Article XV, one hundred (100) feet for all other streets.

(4)

Minimum front yard: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(5)

Minimum side yard: Five (5) feet, twenty-five (25) feet when abutting a residential district, fifteen (15) feet from a side street.

(6)

Minimum rear yard: Fifteen (15) feet, twenty (20) feet when abutting a residential district.

(7)

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

(8)

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

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 11, 12-15-92; Ord. No. 2004-01, § 9, 2-10-04)

(9)

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

(10)

Landscape provisions. Landscaping, buffering and open space requirements shall be as provided for in Chapter 24 of the Orange County Code.

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 13, 12-15-92; Ord. No. 2004-01, § 9, 2-10-04)

(11)

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.

(12)

Open storage areas shall have a minimum 15-foot setback from all property lines.

(13)

No entrances or exits shall direct traffic into adjacent residential districts

(P & Z Res., art. XI, § 5; Ord. No. 92-42, § 13, 12-15-92; Ord. No. 95-16, § 23, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 2004-01, § 9, 2-10-04; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 16, 9-13-16)