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Article 10: Definitions 26 <br />Section 10.1: Definitions <br />High- Density Option <br />One of two approaches available for development in some watershed overlay districts. Generally, the <br />high- density option relies on density limits and engineered stormwater controls to minimize the risk of <br />water pollution. <br />Highest Adjacent Grade (HAG) <br />The highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed walls of <br />the structure. <br />Historic structure <br />Any structure that is: <br />a) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. <br />Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as meeting the <br />requirements for individual listing on the National Register; <br />b) Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as contributing to the historical <br />significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary <br />to qualify as a registered historic district; <br />c) Individually listed on a local inventory of historic landmarks in communities with a "Certified Local <br />Government (CLG) Program," which has been approved by the Department of the Interior; or <br />d) Certified as contributing to the historical significance of a historic district designated by a <br />community with a "Certified Local Government (CLG) Program ". (CLG Programs are approved <br />by the US Department of the Interior in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of <br />Cultural Resources through the State Historic Preservation Officer as having met the <br />requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended). <br />Holiday Decoration <br />Holiday displays, decorations and greetings, which relate to any federally designated holiday, legal <br />holiday or religious holiday. <br />Home Occupation, Major <br />An accessory business use which is owned and operated by the resident of the property, located on a <br />single parcel of land at least five acres in size in the AR and R -1 zoning districts, and is clearly incidental <br />and subordinate to the principal residential use of the property. Major home occupations, which do not <br />meet the standards of a minor home occupation, shall accommodate for larger scale accessory business <br />uses by allowing for an increase in square footage, number of onsite employees, students, customers, <br />clients, and annual events with an approved Class B Special Use Permit. <br />Home Occupation, Minor <br />An accessory business use which is owned or operated by the resident of a residentially -zoned property <br />WhiGh business and is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal residential use of the property. <br />Hotel, Motel, Motor Lodge, Motor Inn, Inn, Tourist Court <br />A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, ten or more lodging <br />units, or ten or more dwelling units intended primarily for rental or lease to transients by the day or week, <br />as distinguished from multi - family dwellings, rooming houses and residential hotels in which rentals and <br />leases are for weekly or longer periods and occupants are generally residents rather than transients. <br />Hotel, Residential <br />A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, ten or more lodging <br />units available for occupancy only for periods of thirty days or longer, provided, however, that temporary <br />lodging units for guests of regular tenants may be provided in any residential hotel, with number of such <br />units limited to 10% of the number of tenant lodging units. <br />Immediate Neighborhood <br />A subdivision or area of the county which distinguishes it from other subdivisions or areas by virtue of its <br />location within the service area of a park site or sites as shown on the adopted "Recreation Service Area <br />Boundaries Map" on file in the Planning Department. <br />Orange County, North Carolina — Unified Development Ordinance Page 10 -14 <br />