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Article 10: Definitic <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> =• Equipment Rental, Sales and Service <br /> An es :•lishment engaged in the rental, sales, service, and/or repair of construction or farm -•uipment, <br /> including xcavators, loaders, graders, bulldozers, farm tractors 50 horsepower or more it size and other <br /> large, heav suty types of equipment used in the construction or farming industries bu of including <br /> horse trailers, cks, or other vehicles designed for use on public roads. <br /> Farm Supply St• <br /> An establishment engag_• primarily in the sale or rental of farm tools, sm. farming equipment, and farm <br /> supplies. Retail sales of ani'gal feed, grain, hardware, lumber, tack, rid'•g attire, animal care products, <br /> and the like may be an ancilla , activity. <br /> -ederal Emergency Manage •ent Agency (FEM <br /> The agency of the federal government '.efly responsible .r studying and mapping flood plains and <br /> developing guidelines limiting developmen erein. <br /> A building with machinery and apparatus for •••ndin• .nd/or bagging grain. <br /> Fertilizer <br /> Any substance containing nitrogen • phosphorous which is u--d primarily for its plant food content. <br /> Financially Responsibl- •erson <br /> In regards to soil erosion .•d sedimentation control provisions, and par or entity who has financial or <br /> operation control over . and-disturbing activity and/or the landowner or pa /entity in possession or <br /> control of the land w•• had directly or indirectly allowed a land-disturbing acti■'t or had benefited from <br /> such activity. <br /> IAlul <br /> The ass- bly that houses the lamp or lamps and can include all or some of the following ..rts: a <br /> hous''g, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror, an. •r a <br /> re .ctor or lens. <br /> =lexible Development <br /> A subdivision in which greater flexibility and design creativity is encouraged and allowed to preserve <br /> agricultural and forestry lands, natural and cultural features, and rural community character that might <br /> otherwise be lost through conventional development approaches. At lease one-third (33%) of the land <br /> within a Flexible Development subdivision must be set aside as open space which may be preserved <br /> through: <br /> a) An "estate lot" where all land is subdivided into lots four acres or greater in size, <br /> building lot area including setbacks are established on 50% of each lot, and the land area outside <br /> such area is preserved as open space provided that front and side yard setback areas shall not <br /> be counted toward meeting the minimum open space requirement except as specified by <br /> provisions of Section 8.13.4; or <br /> b) A"conservation-cluster" approach option where lot sizes are reduced and the land saved through <br /> such reductions is preserved as open space on separate lots owned and maintained through a <br /> homeowners association, a non-profit land conservancy or unit of state or local government; or <br /> c) A"village" or modified cluster approach option where dwelling units are clustered around a village <br /> green and supporting shops, and the village is surrounded by open space; or <br /> d) Some combination of the above. <br /> - '• •. Zoning District; Floating Zone <br /> A zoning district . _- '4-d in the text of the Ordinance but which is ..• '-. • mapped only upon the <br /> approval of a rezoning application pe •• <br /> =food and Floo•'I <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-13 <br />