§ 38-880. 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 appearances 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.

(1)

Maximum floor area ratio (FAR): 3.0.

(2)

Minimum lot size: Twelve thousand (12,000) square feet.

(3)

Minimum lot width: One hundred twenty-five (125) feet on major streets as identified in article XV, one hundred (100) feet for all other streets, except that corner lots shall be one hundred fifty (150) feet on major streets as identified in article XV, and one hundred twenty-five (125) feet on 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, thirty (30) feet when abutting a residential district.

(7)

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

(8)

Minimum open space, landscaping and buffering shall be in accordance with this Code, chapter 24.

(Ord. No. 92-42, § 12, 12-15-92; Ord. No. 97-05, § 7, 4-29-97)

(9)

Maximum building height: Seventy-five (75) feet, except thirty-five (35) feet within one hundred (100) feet of any residential use or district.

(10)

Refuse and 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.

(11)

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

(12)

Setbacks shall be a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the normal high water elevation on every natural surface water body.

(13)

The outdoor storage of equipment or commodities shall have a minimum fifteen (15) feet setback from the side and rear property line and meet the minimum front setback for the district. Outdoor storage areas shall be screened from adjacent residential areas as specified in the landscape regulations.

(14)

Parking shall be as provided in section XII, D [chapter 38, article XI], Orange County Code.

(P & Z Res., art. XII, § 5; Ord. No. 92-42, § 13, 12-15-92 ; Ord. No. 95-16, § 24, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 97-05, § 7, 4-29-97; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 17, 9-13-16)