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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-10 <br /> <br />Environmental Document <br />An EA, EIS, or FONSI, or all of them. <br />Environmentally Sensitive Areas <br />Land which is subject to special natural environmental conditions such as flooding that present significant <br />constraints to built development. <br />Equestrian Center <br />A facility designed and intended for the display of equestrian skills and the hosting of events including, but <br />not limited to, show jumping, dressage, rodeos, general horse/mule shows, and similar equestrian <br />disciplines. Events may be larger scale, such as horse shows expected to generate more than 80 traffic <br />trips per day, and may be held more frequently than once per month. A commercial stable may be <br />included on the site. <br />Existing Construction <br />Structures for which, the “start of construction” commenced before March 16, 1981. This term may also <br />be referred to as “existing structures.” <br />Existing manufactured home park or manufactured home subdivision <br />A manufactured home park or subdivision for which, for flood damage prevention purposes, the <br />construction of facilities for servicing the lots on which the manufactured homes are to be affixed <br />(including, at a minimum, the installation of utilities, the construction of streets, and either final site <br />grading or the pouring of concrete pads) completed before March 16, 1981. <br />Extraction of Earth Products <br />The process of removal of natural deposits of mineral ores, soils or other solids, liquid or gaseous matter <br />from their original location. It does not include any processing of such material, beyond incidental <br />mechanical consolidation or sorting to facilitate transportation to the site of use or location of further <br />processing. <br />FONSI <br />A Finding of No Significant Impact. As pertaining to an EA or EIS. <br />Family <br />For purposes of this Ordinance, family shall be defined as an individual of or6 two or more persons related <br />by blood, marriage or adoption, living together in a dwelling unit; or a group of not more than five7 persons <br />who need not be related in a dwelling unit. A “family” may include five or fewer foster children. <br />Family Care Facility <br />A facility licensed by the appropriate state agency, as a family care facility for from one to six unrelated <br />individuals. <br />Family Day Care Home <br />A residence in which childcare is provided, which provides childcare for no more than three children. <br />Family Income <br />The gross annual sum of all income received by all adult members of the household, including: <br />a) Earned income from wages for all family members over the age of 18; <br /> <br />6 Staff is suggesting this typographical error be corrected as part of this UDO amendment. <br />7 Based on comments received at the September 1 BOCC meeting, revisions to the definition of family will increase <br />the number of unrelated persons allowed to live together in a dwelling unit from three to five. The maximum of <br />five people is based on the 2012 North Carolina Residential Code. Once there are more than five unrelated people <br />the dwelling unit must be classified and reviewed under the 2012 North Carolina State Building Code as a rooming <br />or boarding house. A rooming or boarding house is reviewed and permitted differently in the North Carolina State <br />Building Code and UDO compared to a single family dwelling unit. <br /> 47