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Article 10: Definitions <br />Section 10.1: Definitions <br />stenciling of the name of a non - residential establishment and may include hours of operation, phone <br />numbers, and other pertinent information associated with the non - residential land use. <br />■ An example of a window sign includes: <br />Site Specific Development Plan <br />A plan approved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners in accordance with the Class A Special <br />Use Permit process and which describes, with reasonable certainty, the type and intensity of use for a <br />specific parcel or parcels of property located within the County's zoning jurisdiction. A Site Specific <br />Development Plan shall be deemed approved upon the effective date of the Board of Commissioners' <br />action. <br />Site Plans, Special Use Permits, Conditional Use Districts, Conditional Zoning Districts, and Preliminary <br />Subdivision Plats may be approved as Site Specific Development Plans in accordance with the provisions <br />of this Ordinance. Site Specific Development Plans are required only where an applicant wishes to vest <br />his property rights for a period longer than that otherwise permitted by this Ordinance. <br />Solar Array — Accessory Use <br />Include any photovoltaic, concentrated solar thermal, or solar hot water devices that are accessory to, <br />and incorporated into the development of an authorized use of the property, and which are designed for <br />the purpose of reducing or meeting on -site energy needs. <br />Solar Array — Large Facility <br />A solar facility located on a developed or undeveloped parcel of property producing more than 20 but less <br />than 100 kilowatts of power that converts sunlight into electricity, whether by photovoltaics (PV), <br />concentrating solar thermal (CST) devices, or various experimental solar technologies, with the purpose <br />of supplying power to existing land use(s) as well as the wholesale or retail sale of generated electricity <br />Solar Array — Public Utility <br />A utility -scale commercial facility that converts sunlight into electricity, whether by photovoltaics (PV), <br />concentrating solar thermal (CST) devices or various experimental solar technologies, producing more <br />than 100 kilowatts of power with the primary purpose of wholesale or retail sales of generated electricity. <br />Solid Waste Disposal Facility <br />Any facility involved in the disposal of any hazardous or non - hazardous refuses or sludge from a waste <br />treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility, domestic sewage and sludges <br />generated by the treatment thereof in sanitary sewage collection, treatment and disposal systems, and <br />other material that is either discarded or is being accumulated, stored or treated prior to being discarded, <br />or has served its original intended use and is generally discarded, including solid, liquid, semisolid or <br />contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, institutional, commercial and agricultural operations, <br />and from community activities. <br />Solid Waste Disposal Site <br />Any place at which solid wastes are disposed of by incineration, sanitary landfill or any other method. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-44 <br />