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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-59 <br /> <br />A mobile home, intended for residential use for a limited period of time, for purposes of providing <br />temporary residential space during the installation of a replacement mobile home or construction of a <br />stick-built or modular residential unit on the same lot, and for 30 days after the issuance of Certificate of <br />Occupancy for the permanent unit. The temporary mobile home is not attached to a permanent or semi- <br />permanent foundation. <br />Temporary Residential Unit <br />A residential unit occupied for no more than 180 days and connected to temporary utility services. The <br />term includes recreational vehicles, travel trailers, recreational park trailers, FEMA trailers, etc. <br />Temporary Use Building <br />A building, not intended for residential use, consisting of one or more modules constructed off the ultimate <br />site of use. The building is also not attached to a permanent or semi-permanent foundation. <br />Ten-Year Transition Land <br />Land located in areas that are in the process of changing from rural to urban densities and/or intensities, <br />that are suitable for higher densities and/or intensities and could be provided with public utilities and <br />services within the first 10-year phase of the Comprehensive Plan update or where such utilities and <br />services are already present or planned. Non-residential uses implemented in accordance with small <br />area plans and/or overlay districts may be appropriate. <br />Tourist Home <br />A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, three to nine lodging <br />units for occupancy for daily or weekly periods, with or without board, and primarily for occupancy by <br />transients, as distinguished from rooming houses, in which occupancy is primarily by residents rather than <br />transients. <br />Traffic Generation: Low <br />Uses which generate an average of less than 200 vehicle trips per day. <br />Traffic Generation: Medium <br />Uses which generate an average of between 200 and 800 vehicle trips per day. <br />Traffic Generation: High <br />Uses which generate an average of more than 800 vehicle trips per day. <br />Transmission Lines <br />a) For lines carrying electrical energy, transmission lines are those which carry 45,000 volts or more. <br />b) For lines which carry liquids or gases, transmission lines are those operating or designed to <br />operate at pressures of one hundred pounds per square inch or greater. <br />Travel Trailer <br />A structure that is: <br />a) Intended to be transported over the streets and highways (either as a motor vehicle or attached to <br />or hauled by a motor vehicle), and <br />b) Designed for temporary use as sleeping quarters, but that does not meet the definition of a <br />manufactured home. <br />Tree, DBH <br />Diameter at breast height of a tree, which is measured at 4.5 feet above ground surface level. <br />Tree, Critical Root Zone <br />The minimum area beneath a tree which must be left undisturbed in order to preserve a sufficient root <br />mass to give a tree a reasonable chance of survival. The critical root zone is approximately one foot of <br />radial distance for every inch of tree's DBH, with a minimum of eight feet. <br /> 59