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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-17 <br /> <br />Golf Course <br />A tract of land designed and laid out for the game of golf. Golf courses include, but are not limited to <br />courses open to the general public for a daily user fee, private courses available to members and their <br />guests, courses proposed as single, independent uses, as well as those planned as an accessory use <br />which is part of a residential or recreational development. <br />A golf course development may also include the following accessory uses and building typically <br />associated with such a facility: club house; restaurant/snack bar; barroom; prop shop; billiards; table <br />tennis, spa/health club; racquetball, hand ball, and tennis courts; swimming pool; locker rooms; and real <br />estate sales office. <br />Goods, Incidental <br />Retail goods for sale in a manner customary and subordinate to the provision of a service, eg. Beautician <br />selling hair products. <br />Gross Floor Area <br />The area within the perimeter of the outside walls of a building as measured from the exterior face of the <br />exterior walls or from the centerlines of walls separating two buildings, with no deduction for hallways, <br />stairs, closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other interior features. <br />Group Care Facility <br />A facility licensed by the appropriate state agency, as a group care facility for from seven to fifteen <br />unrelated individuals excluding supervisory personnel, who are handicapped, aged or disabled and are <br />undergoing rehabilitation, or extended care, and are provided services to meet their specific needs. This <br />category includes group homes for all ages, half-way houses, foster and boarding homes. The following <br />shall not be eligible for admission to a group care facility: <br />a) Persons addicted to or recuperating from the effects of an addiction to drugs or alcohol; <br />b) Persons adjusting to non-prison life, including but not limited to, pre-release, work release, <br />probationary programs and juvenile detention centers. <br />Group Development <br />One or more principal structures built on a single lot, tract or parcel of land and designed for occupancy <br />by more than one separate family, firm, business or other enterprise. <br />Guest Ranch <br />A rural lodge providing overnight accommodations for transient guests seeking a vacation experience <br />characteristic to that of a rural ranch; onsite facilities may include lodge or cabin accommodations, dining <br />facilities, barns, dance hall and recreational facilities, including but not limited to riding rings, trails, fishing <br />holes and swimming facilities. <br />Habitable Rooms <br />Rooms designed and used for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, or combinations thereof. Bathrooms, <br />toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage rooms, laundry and utility spaces, basement recreation rooms, <br />and similar areas are not considered habitable rooms. <br />Hazardous Waste Management Facility <br />A facility or any portion of a facility for the collection, storage, processing, treatment, recycling, recovery, <br />or disposal of hazardous waste on or in land in accordance with rules adopted by the State of North <br />Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. <br />Health Services <br />Establishments of licensed practitioners, or licensed persons independently practicing a profession, <br />primarily engaged in rendering medical, surgical and other health related and allied personal care <br />services in the health field including, but not limited to: acupuncturists, chiropractors, dentists, dental <br />hygienists, dietitians, dialysis centers, family planning, homeopaths, inhalation/respiratory therapists, <br />mental health, midwife/doula offices, naturopaths, optometrists, outpatient surgical centers, <br />registered/licensed practical nursing offices, physical occupation and speech therapists, physicians, and <br />podiatrists (e.g. physicians, physical therapists). <br /> 185