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Article 10: Definitions
<br /> Section 10.1: Definitions
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<br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-42
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<br />b) The consumption of foods and beverages within a motor vehicle parked upon the premises, or at
<br />other facilities on the premises outside the restaurant building, is allowed, encouraged or
<br />permitted.
<br />Retail, Class 1
<br />Retail trade, sales, & rental of durable and convenience goods, merchandise & equipment, including mail
<br />order houses, where no adverse impacts occur beyond immediate space occupied by the building;
<br />operations are designed to attract & serve few customers or clients on premises other than employees of
<br />the principle use; there is a low volume of traffic generated (0-200 Trips/Day); and all operations are
<br />conducted entirely within a fully enclosed building with no outside storage.
<br />Retail, Class 2
<br />Retail trade, sales, & rental of durable and convenience goods, merchandise & equipment, including mail
<br />order houses, where no adverse impacts occur beyond the boundaries of the lot where the use is located
<br />and there is a medium volume of traffic generated (200-800 Trips/Day).
<br />Retail, Class 3
<br />Retail trade, sales, & rental of durable and convenience goods, merchandise & equipment, including mail
<br />order houses, where no adverse impacts occur beyond the boundaries of the zoning district and there is a
<br />high volume of traffic generated (more than 800 Trips/Day).
<br />Retail Use
<br />An establishment focused on selling goods or merchandise to the general public for personal or
<br />household consumption and the rendering of services incidental to the sale of merchandise. Sale of
<br />goods or merchandise can be completed either by direct on-site purchase or through the receipt of a
<br />request/order of an item that is mailed or picked up by the purchaser . Term includes the rental of
<br />durable/convenience goods, merchandise, and equipment.257
<br />Retreat Center
<br />A new or existing facility operated by a corporation or association of persons or churches forproviding
<br />social and recreational purposesamenities, services, and activities to its clientele. A retreat center may
<br />be owned by a profit or not-for-profit corporation.
<br />Retrofitting
<br />Measures, such as flood proofing, elevation, construction of small levees, and other modifications, taken
<br />on an existing building or its yard to protect it from flood damage.
<br />Riding Stable
<br />An establishment for boarding, breeding, training or raising of horses, ponies, mules, and/or donkeys for a
<br />fee; and/or rental of horses, ponies, mules, and/or donkeys for riding, driving, and/or instruction. Exercise
<br />rings shall be considered accessory uses to a commercial stable. Smaller scale events, such as horse
<br />shows expected to generate less than 80 traffic trips per day, may be held no more often than once per
<br />month. The operator of a commercial stable may reside on the property to ensure the continuous care of
<br />animals kept on the site.
<br />Riparian Area
<br />An area that is adjacent to a body of water.
<br />Riverine
<br />Relating to, formed by, or resembling a river (including tributaries), stream, brook, etc.
<br />Road
<br />See “Street.”
<br />257Expandingtheexistingdefinitiontoincludelanguageallowingforcatalogormailorderhousesasretail
<br />operationsconsistentwiththerevisedtableofpermitteduses.
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