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Article 10: Definitions Section 10.1: Definitions Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-57 All divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development (whether immediate or future) and includes all division of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets. Subdivision, Exempt a) The combination or recombination of portions of previously subdivided and recorded lots if the total number of lots is not increased and the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the County, including private road justification standards, as detailed within this Ordinance. b) The division of land into parcels greater than 10 acres if no street right-of-way dedication is involved. c) The public acquisition by purchase of strips of land for widening or opening streets. d) The division of a tract in single ownership of the entire area of which is no greater than two acres into not more than three lots, if no street right-of-way dedication is involved and if the resultant lots are equal to or exceed the standards of the County as shown by its subdivision regulations. Subdivision, Major Any division of land that is not classified as an Exempt or Minor subdivision. Subdivision, Minor A division of a tract of land that does not: a) Create more than five lots for conventional design options, or more than 12 lots for flexible development, including the residual acreage, from any one tract of land in any 24 month period; b) Dedicate or improve any new public street other than widening an existing public street; c) Extend public water and/or sanitary sewerage systems other than laterals to serve individual lots; d) Necessitate the installation of drainage improvements which would require easements through one or more lots to serve other lots; and e) At the option of the applicant, involve vesting of the subdivision for a period greater than one year. Substantial damage Damage of any origin sustained by a structure during any one year period whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. See definition of “substantial improvement.” Substantial damage also means flood-related damage sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a ten-year period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or exceeds 25% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. Substantial improvement Any combination of repairs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, taking place during any one year period whereby the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. This term includes structures, which have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either any correction of existing violations of State or Orange County health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the Orange County code enforcement official and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions, or any alteration of a historic structure provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure and the alteration is approved by a variance issued pursuant to this Ordinance.48 Support System A combination of footers, piers, caps, and shims that will, when properly installed, support the mobile home. Masonry walls may be installed as a cosmetic feature. Taxidermy 48 Language added to ensure consistency with the 2017 model flood ordinance as prepared by FEMA. 95