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Article 10: Definitions 28 <br />Section 10.1: Definitions <br />a) The owning or keeping, for any purpose, of 20 or more animals <br />b) The selling and /or training of guard dogs or security dogs <br />c) The keeping of more than five animals at any given time for the purpose of breeding, boarding, or <br />rehabilitation. <br />The operator of a Kennel (Class II) shall be allowed to reside on the property to ensure the continuous <br />care of the animals kept on -site. <br />Lamp <br />See Outdoor <br />Lighting, Lamp. 16 <br />Land Area Measurement Definitions <br />(See Lot Line, Lot Line Front, Lot Line Rear, Lot Line Side, Open Side, Open Space Front, Open Space <br />Rear) <br />-and-Disturbing Activity <br />Any use of the land that results in a change in the natural cover or topography that may cause or <br />contribute to sedimentation. <br />A site within which is deposited solid waste material, including trash, construction debris, stumps, <br />branches and limbs, garbage and industrial waste. <br />Landfill, Discharging <br />A landfill facility with liners, monitoring equipment and other measures to detect and /or prevent leachate <br />from entering the environment and in which the leachate is treated on site and discharged to a receiving <br />stream. Discharging landfills require a National Pollution System (NPDES) Permit from the North <br />Carolina Division of Water Quality. <br />.and Use Intensity Definitions <br />(See Non - residential Land Area, Non - residential Floor Area, Residential Floor Area, Floor Area Ratio, <br />Open Space, Open Space Ratio, Livability Space, Livability Space Ratio, Floor Area Ratio, Open Space, <br />Open Space Ratio, Recreation Space, Recreation Space Ratio, Pedestrian /Landscaped Space, <br />Pedestrian /Landscaped Space Ratio.) <br />Land Use Permit <br />A zoning permit, subdivision approval, building permit, site plan, special use permit, or conditional use <br />permit. <br />L-and Use Plan <br />A set of documents and maps that categorize existing patterns of land development and set guidelines for <br />the desirable intensity, density, quantity, type, location and timing of future development based upon the <br />goals and policies set forth in the Plan. The Land Use Plan can be found in the Land Use Element of the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />Length of Wall <br />The horizontal distance from corner to corner. Where walls in continuous general frontage (as in the case <br />of attached dwellings) are off -set by angles or setbacks of six feet or more, the length of each segment so <br />set off shall be measured separately in establishing pertinent yard depth. Length of the wall of a circular <br />building shall be construed as the diameter of the building. <br />_evel of Service <br />16 Staff is proposing to eliminate the unnecessary duplication of this definition and provide the reader with a <br />reference where the tern is properly defined. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 10 -16 <br />