§ 38-932. Performance standards.

(a)

Within each I-1/I-5 industrial district, the requirements for each lot are established as follows:

(1)

Floor area ratio (FAR) shall not exceed 0.75.

(2)

Front yards: Thirty-five (35) feet.

(3)

Side yards: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(4)

Rear yards: Twenty-five (25) feet.

(5)

The minimum front yards for lots which abut a major street shall be in accordance with article XV (Major Street Setbacks) of chapter 38 of the Orange County Code.

(6)

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

(7)

Rear yards and side yards may be reduced to zero (0) feet when the rear or side property lines abut an improved railroad right-of-way, but only in those cases where an adjacent wall or walls of a building or structure are provided with railroad loading and unloading capabilities.

(8)

One (1) of the side yards may be reduced to zero (0) feet, provided the other side yard on the lot shall be increased to a minimum building setback of fifty (50) feet. This provision cannot be used if the side yard that is reduced is contiguous to a residential district.

(9)

An increased setback buffer yard of not less than fifty (50) feet in width shall be provided along each I-1/I-5 district line which abuts any residential zoning district. Specific landscaping within the setback area shall be in accordance with chapter 24 of the Orange County Code. That portion of the setback area that is not required to be landscaped shall not be used for processing activities, buildings or structures other than fences, walls, or off-street parking.

(10)

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

(11)

Driveways, streets, and facilities for routing traffic shall be designed in such a manner that entrances and exits to public streets are not hazardous and that traffic congestion is minimized. Furthermore, no entrances or exits shall direct traffic into adjacent residential areas.

(12)

The open storage of equipment or commodities may be permitted, provided such storage shall not be located within any required front buffer yard, as required by chapter 24 of this Code.

(13)

The parking of commercial and passenger vehicles may be permitted in any required yard except the front fifty (50) percent of required yard.

(14)

Driveways, streets, and facilities for routing traffic shall be designed in such a manner that entrances and exits to public streets are not hazardous and that traffic congestion is minimized. Furthermore, no entrance or exits shall direct traffic into adjacent residential districts.

(Ord. No. 95-16, § 26A, 6-27-95; Ord. No. 98-37, § 13, 12-15-98; Ord. No. 2008-06 , § 14, 5-13-08; Ord. No. 2016-19 , § 19, 9-13-16)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 95-16, § 26A, adopted June 27, 1995, in effect repealed and re-enacted § 38-932, which previously pertained to parking and loading and derived from the Planning & Zoning Resolution, art. XIII, § 7.