<div class="chunk-title">Section 1306. - GC lakeside group camp district.</div>
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               The GC lakeside group camp district is established as a group camp district on Lake
               Gaston.
               
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                  1306.01 The following uses are permitted in the GC lakeside group camp district:
                  
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                     a.
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                     Group camp facilities, operated on a profit or nonprofit basis provided that such
                     camps utilize only permanent buildings rather than tents, trailers, or mobile homes.
                     Nonprofit youth organizations, such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, 4H Clubs, etc.,
                     may use land in a lakeside group camp district for the establishment of a temporary
                     camporee using tents. Such camporees shall not be for periods of time exceeding seven
                     days. Such camporees do not have to conform to the dimensional requirements specified
                     in section 1306.03 below.
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                     b.
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                     Accessory buildings and uses normally associated with the above permitted uses.
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                     c.
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                     Public utility distribution lines, electric substations, water tanks and towers and
                     telephone exchanges, but not service or storage yards or warehouses.
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                     d.
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                     High voltage power lines and transmission towers, provided that all such poles and
                     towers be set back a minimum of 30 feet from the right-of-way property lines.
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                     e.
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                     Nonilluminated or illuminated but nonflashing directional signs not exceeding 12 square
                     feet in area may be erected for the specific purpose of directing the traveling public,
                     rather than as advertising for specific commercial uses.
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                  1306.02 The following uses may be permitted upon the approval of the Halifax County
                  board of adjustment, in accordance with article VII, section 701.03 of this ordinance.
                  It shall be the duty of the board of adjustment to hold a public hearing in regard
                  to any proposed conditional use in order to review the plans for the location and
                  use of all buildings, structures, and open land. The board of adjustment shall evaluate
                  the effect of the proposed conditional use on the surrounding property and on the
                  traffic capacity of the existing road system.
                  
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                     a.
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                     Radio, television, and microwave towers and relay stations, offices and studios in
                     conjunction with these. These uses may be permitted as conditional uses provided that
                     all buildings and towers shall be set back a minimum of 30 feet from all exterior
                     property lines and that towers shall be set back one additional foot from all exterior
                     property lines for each two feet in height over 50 feet.
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                     b.
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                     Telephone exchange operation whose enclosure is designed to be entered by service
                     personnel provided same complies with <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_APXAZO_ARTXIVSUUS_S1403PUUTSTSU" class="section-link" data-product-id="12479">section 1403</a> of this ordinance.
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               (Ord. of 12-4-95(1))
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               1306.03 Dimensional requirements:
               
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                  a.
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                  Each group camp shall provide a minimum of one-fourth acre per camper.
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                  b.
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                  No camp shall have a maximum design capacity of more than 150 campers.
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                  c.
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                  All buildings and areas for organized recreation use shall be set back a minimum distance
                  of 200 feet from any lakeside group camp district boundary line, and this 200 feet
                  shall be maintained as a natural buffer from adjacent lots and uses. This provision
                  shall not apply to lakeside group camp district boundary lines abutting Lake Gaston.
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                  d.
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                  Cabins, in the camp, shall be a minimum distance of 50 feet from one another and a
                  minimum distance of 75 feet from any toilet facilities. No cabin shall be more than
                  150 feet from toilet facilities.
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                  e.
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                  Each group camp may erect one illuminated, nonflashing sign not exceeding 15 square
                  feet in area.
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                  f.
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                  Public utility transformer stations (except those mounted on single or double poles),
                  water tanks and towers, and telephone exchanges shall have a minimum lot area of 10,000
                  square feet. All transformers (except those mounted on single or double poles), tanks,
                  and other structures or equipment (except a fence or public utility distribution line)
                  shall provide a minimum front yard of 30 feet and a minimum side yard of ten feet.
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               1306.04 Corner visibility: On a corner lot, within the triangular area formed by the
               centerlines of the intersecting streets and a direct line joining points on such centerlines
               at a distance of 80 feet from their intersection, there shall be no obstruction to
               vision between a height of two feet and a height of ten feet above the average centerline
               grade of such streets, such grades being measured along the above cited 80-foot street
               portions.
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               1306.05 Offstreet parking: As required by article XVI.
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