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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-31 <br /> <br /> <br />Open Space, Secondary <br />All open space areas other than Primary Open Space as defined above. <br /> <br />Open Space Utility <br />A subset or category of open space that defines the type and/or intensity of its use. Utility areas are <br />typically open but contain public and/or private utilities and services. Examples include utility lines or <br />easements (e.g., water, sewer, gas, power), septic drainfields, and repair areas. Additional recreation use <br />of these areas is typically limited based on the type of utility requirements that are in place. <br />Open Space - (land use intensity) <br />A. Open space is the total horizontal area of uncovered open space plus half the total horizontal <br />area of covered open space subject to limitations set forth below. <br />B. Uncovered open space is total gross land area not covered by buildings, plus open exterior <br />balconies and roof areas improved as recreation space. <br />C. Covered open space is usable open space closed to the sky, but having two clear unobstructed <br />open or partially open sides. Partially open sides is to be construed as 50% or more. Examples <br />of covered space are covered balconies, covered portions of improved roof areas, or space under <br />buildings supported on columns or posts or cantilevered. The square footage countable as <br />covered open space shall not exceed the square footage of the open space sides. <br />Open Space Ratio <br />The minimum square footage of open space required for each square foot of gross land area. This area <br />includes parking and vehicular access areas and it can also include balconies, and roofs improved for <br />recreation. <br />Outdoor Advertising Industry <br />The organizations that provide outdoor displays or display space on a lease or rental basis. <br />Outdoor Lighting <br />Installation of lighting equipment, whether attached to poles, building structures, the earth, or any other <br />location to allow for the illumination of a building and exterior area(s) within the confines of a defined <br />property line. Included are open air spaces on a property, which are under a roof or other cover and not <br />fully enclosed such as a canopy, pavilion, drive-through bay, or parking deck. <br />Outdoor Lighting, Cutoff Fixture <br />A fixture shielded or constructed in such a manner that no more than 2 ½% of the total light emitted by <br />the fixture is projected above the horizontal plane of the fixture. <br />Outdoor Lighting, Direct Light <br />Light emitted directly from the lamp, off of the reflector diffuser, or through the refractor or diffuser lens, of <br />a luminaire. <br />Outdoor Lighting, Fixture <br />The assembly that houses the lamp or lamps and can include all or some of the following parts: a <br />housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror, and/or a <br />refractor or lens. <br />Outdoor Lighting, Flood Lamp <br />A form of lighting designed to direct its output in a specific direction with a reflector formed from the glass <br />envelope of the lamp itself. Such lamps are so designated by the manufacturers and are typically used in <br />residential outdoor area lighting. <br />Outdoor Lighting, Floodlight <br />A form of lighting designated to direct its output in a diffuse, more or less specific direction, with reflecting <br />or refracting elements located external to the lamp. <br /> 54