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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-44 <br /> <br />Rural Residential Land <br />Land in the rural areas of the County that is an appropriate location for low intensity and low density <br />residential development which are not dependent on urban services. <br />Rural Special Event <br />A temporary or seasonal commercial activity that occurs on a bona fide farm and which is expected to <br />attract more than 20 people at any given time. <br />Salvage yard <br />Property used for the storage, collection, and/or recycling of any type of equipment whatsoever, whether <br />industrial or non-commercial, and including but not limited to vehicles, appliances and related machinery. <br />Saw Mill <br />A facility where off-site logs or timber are sawn, planed or otherwise processed into lumber or other wood <br />products; not including the processing of timber for use on the same parcel of property. <br /> <br />School – Preparatory <br />A land use providing academic courses designed to satisfy curriculum requirements/standards <br />established by the State of North Carolina Department of Education including pre-school through 12th <br />grade/pre-college activities provided by either public or private institutions. The term includes <br />kindergarten, elementary/secondary and high schools, schools for the mentally and/or physically <br />disabled, military academies, schools for the deaf or visually impaired, and alternative schools. <br />School – Performing Arts, Sports and Recreation <br />A land use providing instruction and/or training in the arts, such as music, art, or dance, and/or athletic <br />activities, such as martial arts. <br /> <br />School – Technical, Trade, and Skill Training <br />Land use(s) engaged in offering a variety of technical, trade, continuing education, vocational and skills <br />training. Includes facilities providing workforce education and college transfer academic programs and <br />may include institutions that maintain athletic teams and offer on-site living accommodations (i.e. <br />dormitories). <br />Semi-Cutoff Fixture <br />An outdoor fixture shielded or constructed in such a manner that it emits no more than 5% of its light <br />above the horizontal plane of the fixture, and no more than 20% of its light ten degrees below the <br />horizontal plane of the fixture. <br />Septic, Off-Site <br />An off-site system is a wastewater system as defined in GS 130A-334(15) where any components of the <br />systems serving two or more facilities are located on property other than the building lot that is under <br />common ownership or control. This approval does not apply to a wastewater system entirely contained on <br />multiple adjoining lots or tracts of land under common ownership or control which are considered a single <br />system per GS 130A-334(15) and subject to permitting pursuant to 15A NCAC 18A .1938(j). <br />Septic System, Alternative <br />Any approved ground absorption sewage treatment and disposal system other than an approved privy or <br />an approved septic tank system. <br />Septic Tank System <br />A subsurface sanitary sewage system consisting of a septic tank and a subsurface disposal field. <br />Service Uses <br />Land uses providing for the personal care, appearance, and/or maintenance needs of its clientele. <br />Setback <br /> 183