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Article 10: Definitions Section 10.1: Definitions Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-17 Highest Adjacent Grade (HAG) The highest natural elevation of the ground surface, prior to construction, next to the proposed walls of the structure. Historic structure Any structure that is: a) Listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places (a listing maintained by the U.S. Department of Interior) or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as meeting the requirements for individual listing on the National Register; b) Certified or preliminarily determined by the Secretary of Interior as contributing to the historical significance of a registered historic district or a district preliminarily determined by the Secretary to qualify as a registered historic district; c) Individually listed on a local inventory of historic landmarks in communities with a “Certified Local Government (CLG) Program,” which has been approved by the Department of the Interior; or d) Certified as contributing to the historical significance of a historic district designated by a community with a “Certified Local Government (CLG) Program”. (CLG Programs are approved by the US Department of the Interior in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources through the State Historic Preservation Officer as having met the requirements of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended). Holiday Decoration Holiday displays, decorations and greetings, which relate to any federally designated holiday, legal holiday or religious holiday. Home Occupation, Major An accessory business use which is owned and operated by the resident of the property, located on a single parcel of land at least five acres in size in the AR and R-1 zoning districts, and is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal residential use of the property. Major home occupations, which do not meet the standards of a minor home occupation, shall accommodate for larger scale accessory business uses by allowing for an increase in square footage, number of onsite employees, students, customers, clients, and annual events with an approved Class B Special Use Permit. Home Occupation, Minor An accessory business use, which is owned or operated by the resident of residentially-zoned property, and is clearly incidental and subordinate to the principal residential use of the property. Hotel, Motel, Motor Lodge, Motor Inn, Inn, Tourist Court A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, ten or more lodging units, or ten or more dwelling units intended primarily for rental or lease to transients by the day or week, as distinguished from multi-family dwellings, rooming houses and residential hotels in which rentals and leases are for weekly or longer periods and occupants are generally residents rather than transients. Home Park A parcel of land under single ownership which has been planned and improved in compliance with Sections 3.8 and 5.5.4 for the placement of mobile homes and Temporary Residential Units for non- transient (placement for the duration of the lease) use. Home Park Space A parcel of land occupied or intended to be occupied by one and only one Mobile Home or Temporary Residential Unit and for the exclusive use of the occupants of said dwellings. Home Park Space shall also mean a designated area in a Home Park, provided with the necessary temporary or permanent utility connections, access, patio, and other appurtenances necessary for the erection thereon of only one Mobile Home or Temporary Residential Unit, and for the exclusive use of the occupants of said dwellings. Also see Mobile Home Space. Hotel, Residential 56