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Article 10: Definitions <br /> Section 10.1: Definitions <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 10-61 <br /> <br />e) At the option of the applicant, involve vesting of the subdivision for a period greater than one <br />year. <br />Substantial damage <br />Damage of any origin sustained by a structure during any one year period whereby the cost of restoring <br />the structure to its before-damaged condition would equal or exceed 50% of the market value of the <br />structure before the damage occurred. See definition of “substantial improvement.” Substantial damage <br />also means flood-related damage sustained by a structure on two separate occasions during a ten-year <br />period for which the cost of repairs at the time of each such flood event, on the average, equals or <br />exceeds 25% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred. <br />Substantial improvement <br />Any combination of repairs, reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a structure, <br />taking place during any one year period whereby the cost of which equals or exceeds 50% of the market <br />value of the structure before the start of construction of the improvement. This term includes structures, <br />which have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performed. <br /> <br />The term does not, however, include either: <br />a) Any correction of existing violations of State or Orange County health, sanitary, or safety code <br />specifications which have been identified by the Orange County code enforcement official and <br />which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions, or <br />b) Any alteration of a historic structure provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's <br />continued designation as a historic structure and the alteration is approved by a variance issued <br />pursuant to this Ordinance. <br />Support System <br />A combination of footers, piers, caps, and shims that will, when properly installed, support the mobile <br />home. Masonry walls may be installed as a cosmetic feature. <br />Sweepstake Café/Parlor <br />A land use offering activities and/or services consistent with the definitions of NCGS 14-306.4.263 <br />Taxidermy <br />The practice of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike <br />form. <br />Telecommunication Facilities, Accessory Use <br />A use incidental to, subordinate to, and subservient to the principal use of the property. As defined in this <br />section an accessory use is a secondary use. <br />Telecommunication Facilities, Antenna <br />A system of electrical conductor communications equipment that transmits and/or receives <br />electromagnetic radio signals used in the provision of all types of wireless communications services. <br />Telecommunication Facilities, Applicant <br />Any wireless service provider or wireless support structure owner submitting an application for a wireless <br />facility. <br />Telecommunication Facilities, Application <br />A formal request, containing all necessary and required documentation, submitted to Orange County to <br />construct or modify a wireless support structure or a wireless facility. <br />Telecommunication Facilities, Base Station <br />263Thisisanewlanduseweareincludingwithinthetableofpermitteduses.WearereferencingcurrentState <br />definitionsofthetermtoensureconsistencywithapplicableStateregulations. <br /> 188