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Article 10: Definitions Section 10.1: Definitions Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-39 An establishment focused on selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption and the rendering of services incidental to the sale of merchandise. Sale of goods or merchandise can be completed either by direct on-site purchase or through the receipt of a request/order of an item that is mailed or picked up by the purchaser. Term includes the rental of durable/convenience goods, merchandise, and equipment. Retreat Center A new or existing facility operated by a corporation or association of persons or churches forproviding social and recreational purposesamenities, services, and activities to its clientele. A retreat center may be owned by a profit or not-for-profit corporation. Retrofitting Measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees, and other modifications, taken on an existing building or its yard to protect it from flood damage. Riding Stable An establishment for boarding, breeding, training or raising of horses, ponies, mules, and/or donkeys for a fee; and/or rental of horses, ponies, mules, and/or donkeys for riding, driving, and/or instruction. Exercise rings shall be considered accessory uses to a commercial stable. Smaller scale events, such as horse shows expected to generate less than 80 traffic trips per day, may be held no more often than once per month. The operator of a commercial stable may reside on the property to ensure the continuous care of animals kept on the site. Riparian Area An area that is adjacent to a body of water. Riverine Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, etc. Road See “Street.” Rooming House A host occupied dwelling unit building or group of attached or detached buildings containing, in combination, from three to nine lodging unitswhere individual rooms are rented out for occupancy for weekly or longer periods. Typically individual rooms do not contain kitchen or cooking facilities for occupant use., with or without board, for residents, as distinguished from hotels and tourist homes in which rentals are generally for daily or weekly periods and occupancy is by transients. Rural Buffer Land adjacent to an urban or transition area that is rural in character and which should remain rural and not require urban services. Rural Community Activity Node Land Land focused on designated road intersections which serve as a nodal crossroads for the surrounding rural community and is an appropriate location for any of the following: church, fire station, small post office, school, or other similar institutional uses and one or more commercial uses. Rural Designated Property that is not located in Urban Designated areas as defined in these definitions. Rural Guest Establishments169 A temporary lodging facility that is compatible to the primary land use of agriculture, forestry, open space, or otherwise rural residential activities. Rural guest establishments consist of three subcategories based 169 Redefined as Short Term Rental. 159